Exercise Testing and Prescription.
- Author:
Yun Jun YANG
1
Author Information
1. Department of Family Medicine, School of Medicine,Inje University, Ilsan, Korea. jyang@paik.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Aerobic exercise;
Physical fitness;
Physical endurance;
Muscle strength;
Flexibility
- MeSH:
Exercise;
Exercise Test;
Heart Diseases;
Motor Activity;
Muscle Strength;
Muscles;
Physical Endurance;
Physical Fitness;
Pliability;
Prescriptions
- From:Hanyang Medical Reviews
2009;29(1):20-27
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
The benefits of exercises and physical activities have been proven for all-cause mortality, cardiovascular morbidity and many illnesses. To workout safely, medical examination and exercise testing should be done prior to exercise. Cardiac disease and musculoskeletal problems should be ruled out by medical examination and test. The result of exercise testing is the basic data for exercise prescription because of wide range of fitness on the same age and sex. Cardiopulmonary endurance, muscle strength and endurance, flexibility and balance ability are the basic components of fitness measurement. Appropriate method to assess fitness among various methods can be used. Moderate aerobic exercise is recommended to be done more than 30minutes a day, 5 times a week. Recently 150 minutes of moderate exercise a week is being recommended. Vigorous aerobic exercise more than 20 minutes a day 3 times a week or 75 minutes a week is recommended. Muscle strengthening and endurance exercise is recommended to be done 2~3 times a week
