Studying at the University of Verona

Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.

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Laurea magistrale in Scienze motorie preventive ed adattate - Enrollment from 2025/2026

The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.

Modules Credits TAF SSD
Between the years: 1°- 2°
One course to be chosen among the following

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Teaching code

4S000539

Credits

12

Coordinator

Paola Cesari

Language

Italian

The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning outcomes

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The student will acquire knowledge about the main techniques used to analyze and improve the performance and its determinants through laboratory and field instruments. Based to this the student will plan and implement training models
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Knowing the fundamental techniques applied for improving the motor performances through action imagination: the so-called “mental training”. Knowing the fundamental ways to apply mental training considering different populations: healthy people or people with neuro-motor pathologies (stroke, Parkinson, amputees). Knowing the fundamental procedure utilized for testing the ability to anticipate and to preprogram actions.

For this class none book is suggested but instead scientific journals related to the topics of the class.

Program

Mental practice and movement imagination: enhancing the performance. Applications: elite athletes and individuals affected by neuro-motor pathologies and by long-tem articular immobilizations. The neuronal underpinning of internal simulation of actions. Anticipatory Postural Adjustments (APA) action preplanning.

Bibliography

Reference texts
Author Title Publishing house Year ISBN Notes
Gollhofer A., Taube W., Nielsen J. Handbook of Motor Control and Motor learning (Edizione 1) Rutledge 2012
Magill Richard Motor learning and Control: concepts and applications (Edizione 9) The Mc Graw Hill 2011 978-0-07-352380-4
AAVV ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (Edizione 10) Wolters Kluwer Health 2016 9780781769020

Examination Methods

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Written and oral with open and multiple choice questions
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Written examination

Students with disabilities or specific learning disorders (SLD), who intend to request the adaptation of the exam, must follow the instructions given HERE