Enrollment year
2020/2021
Academic discipline
BIO/09 (PHYSIOLOGY)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH, NEUROSCIENCE, EXPERIMENTAL AND FORENSIC MEDICINE
Course
SPORT SCIENCE AND TECHNIQUES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
1st semester (28/09/2020 - 26/01/2021)
Lesson hours
48 lesson hours
Activity type
WRITTEN TEST
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to provide the student with the knowledge of functional adaptations occurring in the different apparatus when physical activity is carried out in special and extraordinary environmental conditions. Immediate and long-term physiological adaptations will be addressed while the body tries to maintain its balance despite the environmental challenge.
Also, muscular adaptation to different types of workouts and differences in age-related athletic potential will be addressed
Course contents
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES IN HYPOBARIC ENVIRONMENT
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES IN HYPERBARIC ENVIRONMENT
MUSCLE PLASTICITY, TRAINING AND INTRACELLULAR SIGNALS
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DURING AGEING
PHYSICAL ACTIVITY DURING CHILDHOOD
PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES IN ABSENCE OF GRAVITY
THERMOREGULATION
MUSCLE DISUSE AND EXERCISE
Teaching methods
lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre: 48
carried out by means of presentations (PowerPoint) projected on screen
Reccomended or required readings
McArdle “FISIOLOGIA APPLICATA ALLO SPORT” Casa Editrice Ambrosiana
Wilmore Costill “FISIOLOGIA DELL’ESERCIZIO E DELLO SPORT” Calzetti Mariucci Editori
Ferretti e Capelli "DAGLI ABISSI ALLO SPAZIO"
Assessment methods
The exam consists of a written test
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030
Università di Pavia - Offerta formativa