HSC 232 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Orthopnea, Tachycardia, Heart Murmur
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In order to reduce the likelihood of occurrence of any untoward or unwanted event (s), during a physical activity program, it is prudent to conduct some form of preparticipation physical activity screening on a client. Dynamic process vary in scope and components depending on the client"s needs from a medical/health standpoint. 2 basic approaches to preparticipation physical activity screening. 1) can be performed by the individuals wishing to become more physically fit without direct input from an exercise professional. 2) involves interaction with an exercise professional such as an ep-c or cpt (professionally supervised screening) Original par-q contains 7 yes/no questions that have been found to be both readable and understandable for an individual to answer. Designed to screen out those clients from not participating in physical activities that may be too strenuous for them. The par-q was found to have a high sensitivity (89%) (producing many true positives)
