Adults age physiologically at individual rates. Therefore, adults of any specified age will vary widely in their physiologic responses to exercise testing. Special considerations should be given to the older adult when giving a fitness test because:
a. age may be accompanied by deconditioning and disease
b. age automatically predisposes the older adult to clinical depression and neurologic diseases
c. the older adult cannot be physically stressed beyond 75% of age-adjusted maximum heart rate
d. the older adult is not as motivated to exercise as a younger person
Answer: a. age may be accompanied by deconditioning and disease