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InstructIons
1. Read the journal. All the answers will be found there.
2. Go to www.cpdjournals.co.za to answer questions.

accreditation number: MDB001/025/10/2011 (Clinical)

SAJSM                 questions March 2012
cPD questionnaires must be completed online via www.cpdjournals.co.za.  

After submission you can check the answers and print your certificate. 

1.  True (A) or false (B):
all studies of fatigue clearly show that it can be attributed to 
high blood lactate levels.

2.  True (A) or false (B):
The reason fatigue can be studied easily is because there is a 
clear concise definition for it.

3.  True (A) or false (B):
over a century ago, Mosso wrote that 'fatigue of the brain 
reduces the strength of the muscles'.

4.  True (A) or false (B):
over the years, research has shown that lactic acid is at the 
origin of all fatigue.

5.  True (A) or false (B):
a feed-forward mechanism for explaining fatigue attempts to 
encompass events in which fatigue exists without exhaustion.

6.  True (A) or false (B):
Following the un Global summit on non-communicable 
diseases, the World Health organization produced a 
discussion paper that emphasised the need for increased 
physical activity. 

7.  True (A) or false (B):
Physical activity is among the top 10 targets of the World 
Health organization. 

8.  True (A) or false (B):
the other targets of the World Health organization are 
cardiovascular disease and diabetes, an overall reduction in 
blood pressure and obesity, reduced smoking, alcohol and 
dietary salt intake, increased screening for cervical cancer 
and the elimination of trans-fats from the food supply. 

9.  True (A) or false (B):
Chronic, non-communicable diseases account for more 
than two-thirds of global mortality, at least 50% of which is 
preventable on the basis of modifiable lifestyle behaviours.

10.  True (A) or false (B):
in a recent editorial for the British Journal of sports 
Medicine, Dr robert sallis, Chairman of the exercise is 
Medicine advisory Board, argued that it is as important for 
physicians to ask a patient about their exercise habits, as it is 
to measure their blood pressure.

11.  True (A) or false (B):
about 17% of the young cricketers surveyed in KwaZulu- 
natal had continuous musculoskeletal pain. 

12.  True (A) or false (B):
Young cricket players who do not perform sufficient amounts 
of strength and flexibility training are more predisposed to 
musculoskeletal pain or injury.

13.  True (A) or false (B):
studies on adult cricket players show that batsmen and 
wicket-keepers have the highest risk of injury. 

14.  True (A) or false (B):
Most injuries of adult cricket players occur during matches.

15.  True (A) or false (B):
the injuries of young cricket players occur in similar 
proportions between 1-day matches and practices.

16.  True (A) or false (B):
When compared with the injuries of adult cricket players, 
young cricketers had a greater risk of injury to their backs 
and trunks.

17.  True (A) or false (B):
Prolonged endurance exercise causes muscle damage that 
initiates an inflammatory response and subsequent muscle 
remodelling.

18.  True (A) or false (B):
The physiological stress after trail running is significantly 
greater than that which occurs after road running for similar 
duration. 

19.  True (A) or false (B):
a survey of divers showed that only a few of them had ever 
experienced symptoms of decompression illness.

20.  True (A) or false (B):
There is no evidence to suggest that professional divers with 
high exposure to decompression stress have any resulting 
intellectual decline.