Definitions
Important People
Organizations & Research
Historical Influence
Body Systems
100
Activities of daily living including all movement that humans perform.
What is physical activity
100
Known as the "father of progressive overload."
Who is Milo of Croton
100
This type of research uses a scientific approach designed for collection and analysis of numerical data.
What is quantitative research
100
These two ancient cultures had the most profound impact on development of exercise science.
What are the ancient Greeks and Romans
100
An individual with bones that are very porous, brittle, and weak (subject to fracture) as a result of loss of calcium may be diagnosed with this condition.
What is osteoporosis
200
Structured movement process for the purpose of improving fitness and performance.
What is exercise
200
Known as the "Athletic trainer for the gladiators," or the world's first sports medicine physician.
Who is Galen of Pergamon (129 - 200 AD)
200
This organization developed as a “unique blend of physical education, medicine, and physiology”
What is the ACSM
200
This piece of ancient Greek exercise equipment, which may have been the first type of dumbell, was originally used to generate momentum during the long jump event.
What is a halteres
200
This is the type of muscle contraction that occurs when muscle fibers lengthen to generate force.
What is an eccentric contraction
300
This type of research uses a scientific approach designed for collection and analysis of numerical data.
What is quantitative research
300
This professor / physiologist originally disapproved of weight lifting, but later supported it and contributed to it's promotion of good health after being proven wrong at a public convention.
Who is Peter Karpovich
300
This governing body serves to verify the value of, and adherence to guidelines, of many different healthcare educational programs (such as the Exercise Science program at LSC). Please provide full name, not just acronym.
What is the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs.
300
This laboratory, developed in the early 20th century, was known for conduction of research focusing on exercise in different environmental conditions.
What is the Harvard Fatigue Laboratory
300
This term is used to describe the maximum amount of oxygen the body can use during maximal-effort exercise.
What is maximal oxygen consumption (or VO2 max)
400
The study of the physical measurements and characteristics of humans and animals.
What is anthropology
400
These two scientists won the 1922 Nobel Prize in Physiology for explaining the relationship between muscle metabolism and mechanical properties.
Who are A.V. Hill and Otto Fritz Meyerhof
400
Development of a research question, followed by reviewing the literature, are the first two steps of this.
What is the scientific method
400
This test, administered in the 1950's, revealed the difference in fitness of children in the US compared with children in Europe, prompting the promotion of physical education programs in US schools.
What is the Kraus-Weber physical fitness test
400
The brain and spinal cord make up this system (be specific!)
What is the central nervous system
500
This is when the body has self-regulated to an optimal, balanced state of relatively stable internal physiologic function.
What is homeostasis
500
Known for discovering the role of hygiene in preventing illness.
Who is Phillippus Aureolus Theophrastus Bombastus von Hohenhein
500
Research is often published in one of these, which requires an evaluation of the work by other professionals in the same field.
What is a peer reviewed journal
500
Reverend Stephen Hales attempted to quantify this in mammals by inserting a brass pipe in the artery of a horse and monitoring the level of the blood.
What is blood pressure
500
High blood pressure, high fasting glucose, high triglycerides, and low HDL are all risk factors for this condition.
What is metabolic syndrome
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