Kinesiology 3337A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Lifting Body, Weight-Bearing, Blood Vessel

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3337A/B
• Professor: Glen Belfry

Document Summary

Oxygen cost: metabolic calculations estimation of energy expenditure; metabolic calculations considers 3 components of energy expenditure (resting component, Dysfunction of the cardio respiratory systems: blood pressure and hypertension, heart/cardiovascular disease, ventilatory disorder. You take it 2-3 times and allow atleast 30 seconds between measurements older people take both arms (due to arterial obstruction problems) Anxiety, emotional turmoil, food in stomach, exertion, pain, smoking and caffeine can all affect blood pressure. It affects test results; diseases of heart and its blood vessels; heart disease is the leading cause of death in na, then cancer, then stroke. 1 in 4 living has cvd; if cvd was beater, their life expectancy would rise by 10 years. Coronary heart disease it also accelerates with age. It is a build up of fatty plaque (atheroma) material in the arteries (inner lining of the artery wall) it increases blood pressure.