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010-111 · Question #218

The Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) includes questions regarding ______.

The correct answer is C. presence of chest pain and dizziness. The PAR-Q is a brief self-screening tool that specifically asks about cardiac and musculoskeletal symptoms such as chest pain and dizziness to identify individuals needing medical clearance before exercise.

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Question

The Physical Activity Readiness Questionnaire (PAR-Q) includes questions regarding ______.

Options

  • Alow density lipoproteins
  • Bcurrent fitness levels
  • Cpresence of chest pain and dizziness
  • Dfamily history of heart disease

How the community answered

(34 responses)
  • A
    9% (3)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    71% (24)
  • D
    18% (6)

Why each option

The PAR-Q is a brief self-screening tool that specifically asks about cardiac and musculoskeletal symptoms such as chest pain and dizziness to identify individuals needing medical clearance before exercise.

Alow density lipoproteins

Low-density lipoprotein levels are a laboratory blood value that cannot be assessed by the simple self-report format of the PAR-Q questionnaire.

Bcurrent fitness levels

The PAR-Q is a readiness and safety screening tool, not a fitness assessment, so it does not evaluate or measure current fitness levels.

Cpresence of chest pain and dizzinessCorrect

The PAR-Q directly asks respondents whether they experience chest pain during physical activity or at rest and whether they feel faint or dizzy, because these are key warning signs of underlying cardiovascular conditions that could make unsupervised exercise unsafe without prior physician evaluation.

Dfamily history of heart disease

Family history of heart disease is typically captured in a comprehensive health history questionnaire, not in the abbreviated seven-question PAR-Q screening tool.

Concept tested: PAR-Q content and purpose in pre-exercise screening

Source: https://www.csep.ca/par-q

Topics

#PAR-Q#pre-participation screening#chest pain#contraindications

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