The Exercise Rx
Practice Quiz D-35
Practice Quiz D-35
1. The Exercise Rx serves as the foundation of your client's therapeutic fitness training program.
2. The F.I.T.T. Formula for writing Exercise Rx's includes:
3. Your client's Exercise Rx is based on the 5 fitness test scores from his/her Med-Fit Assessment.
4. Gradual progressions in your client's therapeutic fitness program help ensure:
5. Intensity is the ONLY variable of the Exercise Rx that should ever by adjusted.
6. The best guideline for prescribing exercise is "the more, the better.
7. When using the Med-Fit Exercise Rx Guidelines:
8. Exercise Rx's are useful as short "therapeutic trials" for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
- A. True
- B. False
2. The F.I.T.T. Formula for writing Exercise Rx's includes:
- A. Frequency
- B. Intensity
- C. Duration (Time)
- D. Type (of Exercise)
- E. All of the above
3. Your client's Exercise Rx is based on the 5 fitness test scores from his/her Med-Fit Assessment.
- A. True
- B. False
4. Gradual progressions in your client's therapeutic fitness program help ensure:
- A. Safety
- B. Personalization
- C. Effectiveness
- D. Adherence
- E. All of the above
5. Intensity is the ONLY variable of the Exercise Rx that should ever by adjusted.
- A. True
- B. False
6. The best guideline for prescribing exercise is "the more, the better.
- A. True
- B. False
7. When using the Med-Fit Exercise Rx Guidelines:
- A. Prescribe twice as much, because most clients only do half the amount that you prescribe.
- B. Err on the side of caution.
- C. Only prescribe what the client wants to do.
- D. Start low and go slow (progress as tolerated).
- E. A & C only
- F. B & D only
8. Exercise Rx's are useful as short "therapeutic trials" for all of the following reasons EXCEPT:
- A. More precise evaluation of effectiveness.
- B. Builds confidence and motivation.
- C. Easier and quicker.
- D. More personalized for better results.
The correct answers are:
1-A, 2-E, 3-A, 4-E, 5-B, 6-C, 7-B, 8-C
1-A, 2-E, 3-A, 4-E, 5-B, 6-C, 7-B, 8-C