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Type D and Type F activities
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Master's degree in Preventive and Adapted Exercise Science - Enrollment from 2025/2026| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2° | Biochemistry for sport | D |
Massimo Donadelli
(Coordinator)
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| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2° | Neurological diseases and movement disorders | D |
Elena Antelmi
(Coordinator)
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| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2° | Neuromotor rehabilitation | D |
Nicola Smania
(Coordinator)
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| 2° | Theory and pedagogy of nordic walking | D |
Barbara Pellegrini
(Coordinator)
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| years | Modules | TAF | Teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2° | Research methodology applied to sport | D |
Chiara Zoppirolli
(Coordinator)
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Physical bases of exercise prescription (2021/2022)
Teaching code
4S008918
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
3
Also offered in courses:
- Physical bases of exercise prescription of the course Bachelor's degree in Sport and Exercise Science [L-22]
- Physical bases of exercise prescription of the course Master's degree in Sport Science and Physical Performance
Language
English
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
BIO/09 - PHYSIOLOGY
Period
1° semestre dal Oct 1, 2021 al Jan 21, 2022.
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to consolidate, through practical application, the student's ability to modulate the metabolic intensity element in the prescription of the individualized exercise. The course explores the theoretical skills related to the main functional indices used to quantify the metabolic intensity element in the exercise prescription and the measurement methods of these indices. Referring to the most recent international literature, the course provides advanced skills related to the correct individualization of the workload and the translation of metabolic intensity indices into an equivalent external load.
Program
The course is articualted in 12 lessons of 2 hrs each, alternated between traditional lectures and “reversed classroom” lessons during which the students will be engaged in the study of “clinical cases”, calculations, critical revision of articles on the following topics:
1. Maximal oxygen consumption: physiological bases, practical importance, sensitivity to training, effect of ageing, sex and normative population data.
2. VO2max: direct measurement methods: instruments, protocols, the max-peak issue, usefulness of a verification trial.
3. VO2max: indirect measurement methods: estimate equations, Astrand test and variations, heart rate-based methods.
4. Critical power and other thresholds: the concept of intensity zones, physiological bases.
5. Critical power and other thresholds: laboratory and “field” methods of measurement, correspondence between methods.
6. Translation of functional indexes into exercise prescriptions.
Bibliography
Examination Methods
Exam: written (20 multiple choice questions with 5 answers)
Marking: attendance (1/4), participation to class work (1/4), exam (1/2)
