The nurse is monitoring a client's ability to conduct a conversation while walking on a treadmill. This diagnostic test will provide which of the following for the nurse?
1. The client's ability to tolerate isometric exercises
2. The client's ability to tolerate aerobic exercise
3. The client's ability to tolerate isokinetic exercise
4. The client's ability to tolerate anaerobic exercise
2. The client's ability to tolerate aerobic exercise
Rationale:
Aerobic exercise is activity during which the amount of oxygen taken into the body is greater than that used to perform the activity. Aerobic exercises use large muscle groups that move repetitively. The intensity of aerobic exercise can be measured by the talk test or having the client talk while engaging in exercise. Isometric exercises are those in which there is a muscle contraction without moving the joint. Isokinetic exercises involve muscle contraction against resistance. Anaerobic exercises are those in which oxygen cannot be used from the blood stream, such as weight lifting and sprinting.
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