Studying at the University of Verona
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Study Plan
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Laurea in Scienze delle attività motorie e sportive - Enrollment from 2025/2026The 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.
1° Year
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Biochemistry of exercise
Principles of sport management
Foreign language B1 level (CB Test)Introduction to chinesiology and sport
2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2022/2023
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Introduction to movement analysis and motor control
Sport and exercise psychology
Training Methodology
3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2023/2024
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
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Preventive and adapted physical activity
Pharmacology and cardiology applied to physical activity
Diseases of the Locomotor Apparatus
Techniques and Teaching Methods for Individual and Team Sports
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
|---|
Biochemistry of exercise
Principles of sport management
Foreign language B1 level (CB Test)Introduction to chinesiology and sport
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
|---|
Introduction to movement analysis and motor control
Sport and exercise psychology
Training Methodology
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
|---|
Preventive and adapted physical activity
Pharmacology and cardiology applied to physical activity
Diseases of the Locomotor Apparatus
Techniques and Teaching Methods for Individual and Team Sports
| Modules | Credits | TAF | SSD |
|---|
1 MODULE BETWEEN THE FOLLOWING1 MODULE BETWEEN THE FOLLOWINGLegend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
Biochemistry of exercise [Matricole dispari] (2021/2022)
Teaching code
4S000967
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
6
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
BIO/10 - BIOCHEMISTRY
Period
2° semestre dal Mar 1, 2022 al May 27, 2022.
Location
VERONA
Learning outcomes
This course aims to introduce the students to the comprehension of the biochemical processes essential for both cell and organism functions. The student will need to acquire the necessary knowledges to the under-standing to the chemical transformations, essential requirement for the study of the structure-function relation-ships of the biological macromolecules and of metabolism. This will be correlated to specific features of molecules and of metabolic pathways involved in physical exercise.
Program
Proteins. The amino acids. Peptide bond. Structural levels of proteins. Collagen. Keratin. Myoglobin and hemoglobin. Myosin and actin. Structure of thick and thin filaments. The antibodies.
Enzymes. Chemical reactions and reaction speed. Catalysis. Coenzymes: functional significance and relationship to water-soluble vitamins. Mechanism of action of enzymes. Enzyme kinetics.
Nucleotides. Structure and functions of nucleotides. Nucleic acids. Coenzymes. The adenylic nucleotides.
Carbohydrates. Monosaccharides. Natural oligosaccharides. Polysaccharides. Glycogen.
Metabolism. Equilibrium of reaction. Compounds with bonds to high energy content and accoppiate. Catabolism and anabolism.
Metabolismo carbohydrates. Digestion of carbohydrates. Glycolysis. Glycogenolysis, glycogen synthesis. Pentose phosphate pathway. Gluco (neo) genesis. Hormonal regulation of the Glucose level. Lactic and alcoholic fermentation of the piruvate. Krebs cycle. Respiratory chain and oxidative phosphorylation. Catabolism energy balance of glucides.
Lipids. The fatty acids. Essential fatty acids. The triglycerides. Lipid membrane phospholipids. Cholesterol. Digestion of fats. Lipids delivery. Lipoproteins. Lipid metabolism. Role of carnitine. Catabolism of fatty acids: in beta oxidation of fatty acids. Formation of ketone bodies: physiological significance and their effect on the acid-base. Catabolism energy balance of fatty acids.
Synthesis of fatty acids. FAS complex. Metabolism of cholesterol
Metabolism of proteins. Protein digestion. General amino acid catabolism. Transamination, deamination and decarboxylation reactions. Fate of the amino acid skeleton: glucogenic and ketogenic amino acids. Urea cycle.
Outline about the mechanisms of action. Muscle metabolism and interrelationships with other tissues. Myofibrillar proteins and regulatory proteins. muscle contraction. energy sources of the muscle cell. The function of phosphocreatine. aerobic and anaerobic metabolism. sources of energy during muscle activity. Muscle glycogen. Interrelations with the liver. The Cori cycle. The glucose-alanine cycle. energy needs of the neuron. Ketone bodies and muscle protein as energy sources.
Textbook
Bertoldi, Colombo, Magni, Marin, Palestini, CHIMICA e BIOCHIMICA, EDISES, 2015
Examination Methods
Written part with multiple choice and open questions
