Exercise Physiology
Exercise Physiology
This lesson is aimed at physical therapy students and professional physical therapists. The aim of this lesson is to introduce physical therapy students and professional physical therapists to the concept of Exercise Prescription.
This is a Powtoon of a PowerPoint presentation on Introduction to Exercise Prescription. Copy and paste the link in a new tab or click on the link. The first link is a slideshow of the presentation. The second link is a movie of the presentation.
https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/g9xpXfiX6Sj/?mode=presentation
https://www.powtoon.com/online-presentation/g9xpXfiX6Sj/?mode=movie#/
The picture seen below is from a study done by NASA (2008). This "in the bed rest study" demonstrated that a prescription of exercise could be used to prevent the deleterious effects of bed rest on the cardiovascular and musculoskeletal system.
References
Evan Matthews. Vivo Phys-Evan Matthews. July 11, 2019. Introduction to Exercise Assessment and Prescription. from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VaBM-whpRog
File:HRP HHC Bedrest Exercise Treadmill.jpg. (2017, May 7). Wikimedia Commons, the free media repository. Retrieved from https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=File:HRP_HHC_Bedrest_Exercise_Treadmill.jpg&oldid=243216565. NASA Public domain.