Fitness Assessment and Anthropometry: Structural and Functional Interrelationship of Body Systems

1. Identify and describe the gross and microscopic structural properties of various body systems and relate these to their respective functions.

2. Demonstrate skills in data analysis, reporting, and information literacy in a scientific/clinical context  to evaluate the interrelationship of the structure and function of various organs.

Introduce the relationship between the cardiac system and exercise and the concept of anthropometry. You must make sure you reference this section.

Aims and objectives

State the aims and objectives of the experiment.

Using the protocol summarize the methods that were used to generate the model data. Be as concise as possible, but give sufficient detail

to allow someone to repeat the study. Your text should be in the form of a paragraph in the same way that methods are reported in

published scientific papers.

Present the BMI and VO2 max values in table form together with the other model data. Use a table similar to that in the protocol. The

table must be labeled and contain a title. Provide workings for all calculations and make sure measurements contain units. Remember to

clearly indicate which method you used to calculate VO2 max. Calculate the mean values for the group of 7 students and include these

Submission Deadline Marks and Feedback

20 working days after deadline (L4, 5 and 7)

15 working days after deadline (L6)

10 working days after deadline (block delivery)

Assignment number and title 001 Fitness Assessment and Anthropometry

Assignment type Written report submitted electronically via BREO Weighting of assignment 25%

Identify and describe the gross and microscopic structural properties of various body systems and relate these to their respective functions.

2. Demonstrate skills in data analysis, reporting, and information literacy in a scientific/clinical context to evaluate the interrelationship of the structure and function of various organs.

2 values in your table. Do not forget to describe “your” results and the group results in words and refer to your table in the main text.

Discuss your results and, if any, the relationship between the anthropometric values and fitness status. To help you with this, you should carry out the tasks and consider the question listed below. Describe your findings to the tasks and your answers to your questions in this section.

a) compare “your” values to the mean group values

b) compare the rating related to your VO2 value with the health fitness status suggested by your BMI. Using this data is BMI a reliable estimation of your health status?

c) does your arm span relate to your height? What about the rest of the group? From this data is there a relationship between arm span and height?

d) does your arm span relate to your fitness? What about the rest of the group? From this data is there a relationship between arm span and fitness?

e) why do subjects have different heart rates and different VO2 when doing exactly the same amount of work?

f) why would having a high maximal oxygen uptake be beneficial?

g) what considerations might you have to make when predicting maximal oxygen uptake from heart rate in an elderly population?

h) what do you think about the methods you have used to determine arm span, BMI and VO2 max. Do they have any limitations?

By reflecting on your results and comparisons, decide if arm span is a good predictor of height and fitness and if BMI and VO2 max are good predictors of health and fitness.

A short list of at least 10 references in the correct UoB Harvard format should be included at the end of the report. What do I need to do to pass? (Threshold Expectations from UIF)

• Produce a scientific report according to expectations described in the assignment brief.

• Demonstrate understanding of relevant laboratory techniques in the practical and/or report.

• Demonstrate understanding of the interrelationship between the relevant anatomical systems.

How do I produce high quality work that merits a good grade?

• contain a title page giving the assessment title, unit code, assessment number, your student number and your final word count (excluding references)

• be created electronically using Microsoft WORD.

• contain an appropriately labelled table referred to in the main text

• cite at least 10 references and no more than 20

How does this assignment relate to what we are doing in scheduled sessions?