Exercise Physiology
The scientific study of human movement, exercise, and physical activity is called this.
Exercise physiology
This discipline examines the mechanical aspects of human movement.
Biomechanics
This discipline studies how food and nutrients affect health and performance.
Nutrition
Sports Medicine
This discipline is concerned with prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and rehabilitation of injuries.
Sports Medicine
This field studies how people acquire and improve movement skills.
Motor Learning
During exercise, heart rate generally does this.
Increase
A force plate can be used to measure this during movement.
Ground reaction force
Carbohydrates, proteins, and fats are examples of these.
Macronutrients
A torn ACL would fall within the concerns of this discipline.
Athletic Training
This field studies motivation, confidence, anxiety, and mental performance.
Sports psychology
This system delivers oxygen and nutrients to working muscles.
Cardiovascular system
The study of forces acting on the body is part of this discipline.
Biomechanics
This nutrient is especially important for hydration.
Water
This professional is trained to prevent and manage many athletic injuries.
AT
Practicing a basketball free throw repeatedly to improve performance involves this process.
motor learning/practice
VO₂ max is commonly used to assess this aspect of aerobic fitness.
Aerobic Cardiovascular fitness
Analyzing a runner's stride to improve efficiency is an example of this discipline.
Biomechanics analysis
Protein is especially important for this process.
Muscle repair and growth
Rehabilitation is designed to help an injured person regain this.
Function/mobility/strength
An athlete who becomes extremely nervous before competition may be experiencing this psychological factor.
Performance anxiety
Explain why oxygen consumption increases as exercise intensity increases.
Working muscles need more oxygen to produce energy, so the body increases cardiovascular and respiratory activity and oxygen consumption.
A basketball player lands from a jump and experiences excessive force at the knee. Which discipline would analyze this and why?
Biomechanist and AT
Why might nutrition be important to an endurance athlete?
Endurance athletes need adequate energy and carbohydrates to support prolonged exercise, along with appropriate hydration and overall nutrient intake.
Explain why sports medicine involves more than simply treating injuries after they occur
Explain how motor learning and sport psychology could work together to improve an athlete's performance.
Motor learning improves the physical skill while sport psychology can address confidence, motivation, concentration, anxiety, and other psychological factors affecting performance.