PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE LAB PAPER
Each student will participate in testing provided by the Physical Performance Program at CSUF. The assessment includes coronary heart disease risk factor analysis, a physical fitness evaluation, which includes estimated maximal oxygen uptake, blood pressure, body composition, flexibility, muscular strength, and pulmonary function. Students will use the information to evaluate and make recommendations for personal health improvement in these areas.
Lab reports are confidential and a personal physical performance report will be handed or given to the student anywhere from 1 - 4 weeks after completing the physical assessment.
STUDENT REPORT: Using the results from your personal performance report from the physical performance lab, each student is required to write a paper with a minimum of 3 - 3 ½FULL pages.Your papers will be typed, double-spaced, 12 pt. font, Times New Roman, black ink only, and stapled together. Make sure yours papers are free of grammatical and spelling errors ---- you will be graded on this. You will also submit your personal physical performance report, stapled to your paper. Your paper will cover each of the questions listed below in paragraph form:
1. According to the results, what are the positive aspects of your assessment?
2. According to the results, what are the negative aspects of your assessment?
3. What are some things that you might need to improve upon?
4. How does your current lifestyle contribute to the results you received?
5. Realistically, what are some things you could change about your current lifestyle to reach a more optimal level of well-being?
Physical Performance Lab Terms
VO2 Max
VO2 max is the maximal oxygen uptake or the maximum volume of oxygen that can be utilized in one minute during maximal or exhaustive exercise. It is measured as milliliters of oxygen used in one minute per kilogram of body weight.
VO2 max or maximal oxygen uptake is one factor that can determine an athlete's capacity to perform sustained exercise and is linked to aerobic endurance. It is generally considered the best indicator of cardiorespiratory endurance and aerobic fitness.
Elite endurance athletes typically have a high VO2 max. Some studies indicate that it is largely due to genetics, although training has been shown to increase VO2 max up to 20 percent. A major goal of most endurance training programs is to increase this number.
Forced Vital Capacity
Forced vital capacity (FVC) is the amount of air which can be forcibly exhaled from the lungs after taking the deepest breath possible, measured in liters.
Forced vital capacity is the maximum volume of air that can be exhaled from one's lungs. The reason why this is measured is because we do not naturally utilize all of our lungs when we breathe. This measures how much of our lungs that we do use. The higher the score, the more air our lungs can hold; the more air our lungs can hold, the more oxygen that is available to our body. Without oxygen, our body can be overworked and tires faster.
A normal adult has a vital capacity between 3 and 5 liters. A human's vital capacity depends on age, sex, height, mass, and ethnicity.
Actual/Predicted FVC Ratio
This is the volume of air that has been exhaled at the end of the first second of forced exhalation. Predicted normal values can be dependent on age, sex, height, mass, and ethnicity, as well as the research study that they are based upon.