[Physical activity: Tools for customized assessment and prescription]

TOOLS FOR CUSTOMIZED ASSESSMENT AND PRESCRIPTION. Physical activity is a significant part of the global therapeutic care of chronic diseases. It also effectively contributes to prevent complications and relapses of these diseases. Thus, the prescription of physical activity must find its place in physician everyday practice. However, this prescription remains too unusual due to a number of obstacles. Simple, practical tools have been developed to facilitate its implementation, including a contraindications sheet, an effort level prescription, a functional phenotype table, a general and specific indications sheet, and a physical activity prescription template. These tools for prescribing physical activity should enable it to be integrated more systematically and as early as possible into patient care. Following a decision tree, a medical assessment can be carried out to take into account the particular conditions of each patient and propose a more detailed medical prescription.