Theory and Practice of Cardiorespiratory Assessment

This course will examine the theoretical and practical use of cardiorespiratory and metabolic assessments techniques to assess the functional status of participants within human performance and clinical exercise physiology targeted populations. Students will review and interpret the literature to construct, apply and justify the inclusion of exercise assessment modalities (e.g. Cardiac Stress Tests, Cardiorespiratory Exercise Testing (VO2), Body composition) and to develop proficiency in interpretation of the assessments. The clinical content will reinforce skill-based components to familiarize students with the use of a range of tools and techniques. A combination of hands-on and didactic activities will be used together with experiential and adult learning principles and practice.