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The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording, if used in the performance criteria, is detailed below. Essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment (depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts) may also be included. |
Medical or allied health professional may include: | sports physician sports doctor general practitioner physiotherapist accredited exercise physiologist occupational therapist remedial massage therapist chiropractor osteopath accredited practising dietician psychologist aboriginal health worker diabetes educator. |
Client may include: | aged sedentary overweight presenting with additional medical or psychological conditions (including trauma) athletes. |
Relevant legislation may include: | Occupational Health and Safety duty of care privacy codes of practice fair trading. |
Organisational policies and procedures may include: | Occupational Health and Safety emergency procedures risk management use of client record systems collection and use of client information equipment use and maintenance client supervision incident reporting client screening procedures client referral procedures. |
Risk factors may include: | family history obesity joint trauma and injury menopause in females repetitive occupational use physical inactivity eating disorders low body weight and calcium intake smoking. |
Fitness assessment may include: | cardiovascular response to exercise range of movement strength girth measurements. posture. |
Muscular conditioning may include: | muscular strength muscular power muscular endurance. |
Instructional techniques may include: | establishing rapport instructional position demonstration and motivational strategies positive feedback. |
Exercise program may include: | exercise selection, sequence and variety logical progression warm-up and cool-down stretching. |
Exercise equipment may include: | cardiovascular equipment resistance training machines: hydraulic machines aquatic equipment resistance bands free weights. |
Monitor client responses may include: | rating of perceived exertion (RPE) heart rate measures 'talk test' possible fluctuations in blood glucose levels and dehydration. |
Symptoms requiring interjection may include: | shortness of breath at rest or with mild exertion dizziness or syncope orthopnea or paroxysmal nocturnal dyspnea palpitations or tachycardia intermittent claudication unusual fatigue or shortness of breath with usual activities illness or sickness lack of functional strength neck soreness or strain pain on movement of any body part. |
Procedures to respond to symptoms requiring interjection include: | cessation and modification of activity first aid emergency medical assistance referral. |
Signs of unstable condition may include: | fatigue and weakness cardiac pain breathlessness oedema palpitations claudication pain dizziness. |
Posture may include: | static dynamic standing sitting supine specific observations of standing posture: head and neck thoracic spine rib cage shoulder position scapula position elbow position lumbar spine pelvis abdominals femur knee patella foot position. |
Postural variances may include: | structural functional kyphosis rounded shoulders winging of scapula scoliosis increased lordosis decreased lordosis excessive posterior pelvic tilt excessive anterior pelvic tilt genu varum genu valgum increased pronation of foot and or ankle complex increased supination of foot and or ankle complex hyperextension of knees lateral tilt of pelvis lateral tilt of head. |
Functional anatomy of the joints may include: | glenohumeral bones: humerus scapula clavicle ligaments: corocohumeral corococlavicular glenohumeral transverse humeral related structures: subscapular bursa subacromial bursa subdeltoid bursa subcorocoid bursa muscles acting on the joint elbow bones: humerus ulna radius ligaments: ulnar collateral radial collateral related structures: olecranon bursa muscles acting on the joint lumbo-sacral: bones 5th lumbar vertebrae 1st vertebrae of sacrum ligaments muscles acting on the joint intervertebral: bones vertebral bodies: ligaments muscles acting on the joint hip (coxal) bones: femur hip: ligaments: pubofemoral iliofemoral ischiofemoral transverse ligament of acetabulum ligament of head of femur muscles acting on the joint knee (tibiofemoral and or patellofemoral) bones: tibia femur patella ligaments: patella oblique popliteal arcuate popliteal tibial collateral fibular collateral posterior cruciate related structures: tendons of the quadriceps femoris and facia latae medial meniscus lateral meniscus prepatellar bursa intrapatellar bursa suprapatellar bursa muscles acting on the joint ankle (talocrucal): bones: talus tibia fibula ligaments: deltoid anterior talofibial posterior talofibial calcaneofibular related structures: achilles tendon muscles acting on the joint |
Major joints may include: | intervertebral glenohumeral elbow radiocarpal sacroiliac hip (coxal) tibiofemoral patello-femoral ankle. |
Joint movement may include: | flexion extension dorsiflexion plantar flexion horizontal flexion horizontal extension abduction adduction circumduction rotation supination pronation inversion eversion protraction retraction elevation depression. |
Muscles may include: | erector spinae trapezius rectus abdominis internal obliques external obliques multifidus quadratus lumborum iliopsoas latissimus dorsi rhomboid major rhomboid minor pectoralis major pectoralis minor serratus anterior levator scapulae teres major teres minor subscapularis supraspinatus infraspinatus gluteus maximus gluteus medius gluteus minimus pelvic floor iliotibial tract tensor fascia latae piriformis rectus femoris vastus lateralis vastus medialis vastus intermedius sartorius biceps femoris semitendinosus semimembranosus gastrocnemius soleus tibialis anterior adductor magnus adductor longus gracilis sartorius. |
Musculoskeletal conditions may include: | ostoepaenia sub acute soft tissue injury and or sprain and or strain osteoporosis epicondylitis tendonitis osteoarthritis repetitive strain injuries |
Musculo-skeletal system may include: | functions types of bones: long short flat irregular growth and development of long bones structure of long bones classification of joints: fibrous cartilagenous synovial structure of a synovial joint: bones articular or hyaline cartilage joint capsule joint cavity ligaments synovial membrane synovial fluid bursae meniscus connective tissue: fascia tendons ligaments muscular system function of muscle tissue properties of muscle tissue: excitability contractility extensibility elasticity types of muscles: smooth cardiac skeletal structure of skeletal muscle tissue: muscle belly tendon fascicle muscle fibre myofibril microscopic anatomy: sarcomere filaments actin myosin tropomyosin troponin sarcolemma sarcoplasm sarcoplasmic reticulum T-tubules Z lines A band I band muscle contraction: sliding filament theory length-tension relationship attachments: origin insertion role of muscle contraction: agonist antagonist fixator synergist skeletal muscle fibre types: slow twitch oxidative fast twitch oxidative-glycolytic fast twitch glycolytic distribution and recruitment of different fibre types physiological adaptations due to training: hypertrophy increased strength increased extensibility muscle actions of major muscles. |
Moderate risk client may include: | chronic disease state medical condition or injury under prescribed medication symptoms of cardiorespiratory disease moderate or high risk as identified by medical or allied health professional aged and sedentary musculoskeletal moderate risk includes: history of injury to back or neck or joints or muscles of arms and legs requiring assessment and or treatment by a medical or allied health professional but is now fully resolved previous surgery to back or neck or joints or muscles of arms and legs recurrent injury injury to musculoskeletal system in the past 8 weeks even if it has resolved recent low level of physical activity hyper mobile |