Optimization of Sport Performance
1
2014-2015
03920180
Sport Training
Portuguese
Face-to-face
SEMESTRIAL
7.5
Compulsory
3rd Cycle Studies
Recommended Prerequisites
Methodology of training.
Exercise physiology.
Biochemistry of exercise.
Biomechanics.
Teaching Methods
Depending on the modules of the course, contact sessions take a character of a Conference (Module A) or laboratory practice (Modules B and C).
Learning Outcomes
Having attended the course, the students must: [1] Know the advantages and limitations in the use of relevant biological markers related to the training adaptation. [2] Know the potential of non-invasive strategies to control the adaptation to the training load. [3] Know the importance of monitoring the immune system of athletes with relevance to salivary markers. [4] Know different specific protocols for evaluating and monitoring training response to training load in the laboratory and in the sport field. [5] Develop of a critical analysis of the main topics of research applied to control training identifying misconceptions in the literature, allowing to identify aspects worthy of further investigation.
Work Placement(s)
NoSyllabus
[1] Modeling and monitoring of training load in high level athletes.[2] Importance of the use of biomarkers in training adaptation.[3] Noninvasive techniques for monitoring training adaptation a) Heart Rate Variability (HRV,.b) Control of mood states (POMS), and the perception of fatigue (Cr10Borg).[4] The innate and acquired immunity response to training and competition.[5] The importance of sports equipment in optimal sports performance.[6] Sports equipment and relevant technical factors influencing adjustment of biomechanical and physiological changes in technical sports.[7]Research in sports equipment.[8] Laboratory assessment: preparation of the laboratory and athlete.Quality assurance procedures used in exercise physiology laboratories, pre-test preparation;[9] Determination of maximum power and anaerobic capacity, anaerobic threshold, and maximum oxygen consumption. Protocols, methodologies and controversies.[10]Different physiological assessment protocols in different sports.
Head Lecturer(s)
Luís Manuel Pinto Lopes Rama
Assessment Methods
Continuous
Work: 100.0%
Bibliography
[1] Dabnichki P (1999). Biomechanical testing and sport equipment design. Sports Engineering 1 2 93-105.
[2] Kellmann, M., & Gunther, K. D. (2000). Changes in stress and recovery in elite rowers during preparation for the Olympic Games. Med Sci Sports Exerc, 32(3), 676-683.
Lopes, R. F., Osiecki, R., & Rama, L.. (2011). Biochemical Markers During and After an Olympic Triathlon Race. Journal of Exercise Physiologyonline, 14.
[3] Meeusen, R., Nederhof, E., Buyse, L., Roelands, B., De Schutter, G., & Piacentini, M. F. (2008). Diagnosing overtraining in athletes using the two bout exercise protocol. Br J Sports Med, bjsm.2008.049981.
[4] Rama, L., Alves, F., & Teixeira, A. (2010). Hormonal, Immune, Autonomic and Mood State variation in the initial Preparation phase of a Winter Season in Portuguese Male Swimmers. Paper presented at the XIth International Synposium for Biomechanics and Medicine in Swmming, Oslo.