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Learning outcomes |
Develop knowledge about the clinical effects of exercise and physical activity in the prevention and recovery of individuals with disease / dysfunction
At the end of the UC the students should:
Understand, as deeply as possible and critical, the causes, characteristics and limitations of chronic diseases in which to practice physical activity and exercise respect;
Demonstrate ability to identify the benefits of exercise and physical activity in individuals with the pathologies / dysfunctions studied;
Demonstrate ability to critically analyze and discuss the main existing programs for the prevention and recovery of chronic diseases and osteo-muscular injuries;
Demonstrate ability to organize, guide and control individualized or group training sessions effectively, motivationally and safely, in contexts of prevention or recovery of disease or osteo-muscular injury;
Be able to communicate clearly the conclusions of their work and the knowledge and rationale underlying them, both to experts and to non-specialists;
Develop skills to enable lifelong learning in a fundamentally self-directed and autonomous way
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Syllabus |
1 Exercise and chronic diseases
a) Obesity and Diabetes
b) Cardiovascular disease (cardiac rehabilitation)
c) Osteoporosis
d) degenerative joint disease, muscular dystrophy and fibromyalgia
e) Respiratory Diseases
1.1 Epidemiology and risk factors
1.2. Beneficial effects of exercise
1.3 Risk factors for the year
1.4 Types of exercises most suitable
1.5 Review of Existing Programs
2 Injury Prevention and Recovery
2.1. Risk Factors
2.2 Types of most common injury resulting from the practice of sport and physical activity (bruises, muscle contracture, muscle tear, bone fracture, joint dislocation)
2.3 Primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of injuries
2.4 Methods and recovery techniques
3 Exercises for prevention and recovery from injury (mobility, proprioceptive, stretching, plyometrics)
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Main Bibliography |
Professional Associations for Physical Activity in Sweden (2010). Physical Activity in the Prevention and Treatment of Disease. Swedish National Institute of Public Health. ISSN: 16518624. ISBN: 978-91-7257-715-2.
Pedersen B.K., Saltin B. (2015) Exercise as medicine – evidence for prescribing exercise as therapy in 26 different chronic diseases. Scand J Med Sci Sports (Suppl. 3) 25: 1–72
Pesctello L.S, arena R, Riebe D, Thompson P.D. (2014) ACSM’S Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription, 9th Edition. Lippincott Williams & WIlkins, Baltimore.
Bouchard, C., Blair, S.N. & Haskell, W. (2007). Physical Activity and Health. Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL.
Howley T., Franks, B. & Wetcott, W. (2003). Health/fitness instructor’s handbook. HumanKinectics, Champaign, IL. Horta L. (2011). Prevenção de Lesões no Desporto, Texto Editores (1ª Edição). Lisboa. Schneider, S., Seither, B., Tönges, S., Schmitt, H. (2006). Sports injuries: population based representative data on incidence, diagnosis, sequelae, and high risk groups. Br J Sports Med 2006;40:334-339.
Little, R. M. D., Paterson, D. H.,Humphreys, D. A, Stathokostas, L. (2013). A 12-month incidence of exercise-related injuries in previously sedentary community-dwelling older adults following an exercise intervention. BMJ Open 2013;3:e002831.
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