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

Teaching code

4S000539

Credits

6

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

M-EDF/01 - PHYSICAL TRAINING SCIENCES AND METHODOLOGY

Period

I semestre dal Oct 2, 2017 al Jan 26, 2018.

To show the organization of the course that includes this module, follow this link:  Course organization

Learning outcomes

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.

Program

Mental practice and action imagination: positive effects on motor performance. Specific treatments on athletes and individuals presenting neuro-motor diseases. The neurophysiological underpinning for the internal action simulation. Action preparation and Anticipatory Postural Adjustments. Apparatus used: Electromyography Force Platforms. Laboratory experience. In this class there are as bibliography both: book's chapters and scientific papers.

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

Examination Methods

Written examination with questions either considered as multiple choices as well as description and discussion of a specific topic. Questions will be 60 to be answered in 50 minutes.Questions will cover issues from the entire program thoght in class. In addition questions will be related to the practical class.

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