The nurse understands that the type of exercise that is most useful for strengthening larger muscle groups such as abdominals, gluteals, and quadriceps, and for endurance training is:
1. Aerobic
2. Isotonic
3. Resistive
4. Isometric
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Rationale 1: Aerobic exercises refer to activities in which oxygen is metabolized to produce energy. Examples of aerobic activity include walking, jogging, swimming, and skating.
Rationale 2: Isotonic exercises increase tone, and involve activities such as running, walking, and cycling.
Rationale 3: Resistive exercises use resistance. An example of resistive exercise includes weight lifting.
Rationale 4: Isometric exercises include those that affect muscle tension but do not result in muscle or joint movement. Isometric exercises are useful for strengthening abdominal, gluteal, and quadriceps muscles, for maintaining strength of immobilized muscles, and for endurance training. Examples of isometric exercise would include tensing of thigh muscles and extending the arms and pushing against a wall.
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