Kinesiology Test 2
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- Spheres of Physical Actitity
- -Physical activity experience -Professional practice centered in physical activity -scholarly study of physical activity
- 7 Spheres of scholoarly study of physical activity
- -Physiology of physical activity -Biomechanics -Sport and Exercise psychology -motor behavior -sociology of physical activity -history of physical activity -philosophy of physical activity
- Defintion for Spheres of Activity Experience
- parts of life where physical activity is a major and defining role.
- 7 spheres of active experinence
- -Leisure -Education -Health -Competition -work -Self-experssion -Self-sufficiency
- Self-Sufficency
- Ability to do/take care of yourself
- Activities of Daily Living(ADL's)
- basic daily activities. Personal
- Examples of ADL's
- Walking, using the bathroom, grooming, dressing and eating
- Instrumental Activities of Daily living(IADL's)
- Less personal daily tasks.
- Examples of IADL's
- using the telephone shopping laundry house cleaning cooking
- Home Maintenance activities
- Requires highest levels of skills and energy
- Examples of home maintenance activities
- fixing cars, cleaning gutters, painting, plumbing,gardening and electrical
- Limitations in self-sufficient behavior
- To have completely functional and independent lives wer must perform ADL's and IADL's Injury of Disease can hinder a persons ability to perform daily tasks
- How can PT/OTs help people to regain abilities after injury or disease
- They can create recover plans based on a person's activity analysis to help them regain function.
- What must a PT/OT do before devising a rehab plan?
- They must full understand the physical requirements of each task
- Aging and self-sufficiency
- ADL impairments are -11.8% ages 55-64 -50% ages 85+
- When are most older people injuried
- When attempting to perform ADL's and IADL's
- Emtional impact
- When older people are no long able to do simple tasks especially those that brought enjoyment they are usually no longer satisfied with their quality of life.
- what group of people are most likely to suffer from limitations later in life?
- Those didn't make physical activity part of their daily life.
- Mobility limitations among the elderly
- Walking is one of the biggest limitations in elderly people 20% of people over the age of 65 experience trouble walking 50% of women and 33% of men over the age of 85 have issues or can't climb stairs
- Driving
- driving is required for most IADL's -elderly people are the fast going group of drivers -represent the most accidents per miles -chances of accidents increase after age 70 -more prone to injury
- Definition of the sphere of self-expression
- the urge to express feelings
- forms of self-expression
- -Gestrues -Dance -Rituals
- Definition of gestrues
- movements with various body parts to help communicate our intentions to outhers
- 3 types of intentional gestrues
- -emblems -illustrators -regulators
- Definition of emblems
- bodily movements typically hand signals that can be directly translated into words by people in a culture or subculture
- Examples of emblems
- -construction site -athletic arenas -scuba divers
- Definition of illustrators
- gestures used to complement or illustrate what we are saying
- Examples of illustrators
- -pointing -describing motions or objects -pounding fist into hand to emphasize seriousness
- Defintion of regulators
- body movents used to guide a conversation
- examples of regulators
- -waving -hand shake -hugs -nodding
- Definition of dance
- movemts that allow us to communicate complex thoughts and feelings that are not easily explained verbally
- facts about dance
- -dancers use of the medium of force, time and seqencing of movements to express aesthetic messages -The shape and dimensions of our bodies affect the aesthetic characteristics of our dance -the moving body can tell a story that is inexpressible in word of song
- facts about dance 2
- -sometimes we dance, not to communicate our feelings to others, but just as a way of expressing our feelings even when we are alone(dacing to the radio, football player's "dance" after a touchdown) -Dance allows us to communicate something about ourselves that we cannot communicate in other ways -dancers must be very fit(health-related components and agility, balance and coordination
- definition of rituals
- physical actions performed to symbolically express an experience, truth or value important to a group of people
- examples of rituals
- -pledge of allegiance -kneeling -sign of the cross -wave
- Definition of work
- jobs we do for compensation
- Relationship between jobs that require great deals of physical activity and health
- -overexertion due to the application of max weight -Repetitive injuries that result from works repeat the same movements of long periods of time -
- results of overexertion and repetitive injuries
- -stress to joints -damage to tendons -never and skeletal structure damage. -carpal tunnel syndrome
- Relationship between jobs that require a small amount of physical activity and health
- low levels of physical activity combined with stress equals recipe for casualty -Heart disease -stroke -high blood pressure -obesity -diabetes
- Effects of technology on levels of physical activity
- due to the increase of technology in the work place the amount of physical activity required is likely to go down. -This could cause workers to be at a greater risk for diseases caused by inactivity
- What are companies doing to keep workers happy and why?
- -offers corporate fitness programs -offers incentives i.e. extra days off, money why? 1. decreases absenteesim 2. boost production 3.reduces insurance coast 4.encourages a health generation 5.health is happiness= more profit
- Ergonomists or human factors engineers
- professionals who specialize in improving the efficiency, safety and well being of workers
- The definition of the sphere of education
- -preservation of cultral traditions and to provide knowledge and skills to allow progress -The broad aim of education is the development in children to have the ability to achieve satisfaction as a repsonsible, contributing citzen of socitey
- Definition of physical education
- PE is an important part of the total education system which seeks to develop each student optimally, physically, mentally, emtionally, socially, and morally through the medium of physical activity
- Definition of leisure
- a state of being, all is well with the world. A feeling of supreme contentment.
- Difference between leisure and free time
- depends on the nature of the activity and the context in which it is pursued
- The sphere of Health
- -moderate and vigorous physical activity performed regularly and at safe levels will result in health benefits