Exercise Prescription

Year
1

Academic year
2018-2019

Code
02029207

Subject Area
Biokinetics

Language of Instruction
Portuguese

Mode of Delivery
Face-to-face

Duration
SEMESTRIAL

ECTS Credits
3.0

Type
Compulsory

Level
2nd Cycle Studies - Mestrado

Recommended Prerequisites

Not applicable.

Teaching Methods

The classes will be face-to face in what concerns to the basic concepts followed by the pedagogic methodology of learning based on solving concrete problems (PBL).

Learning Outcomes

This course aims to create competencies for exercise prescription in patients with musculoskeletal and related alterations, such as metabolic diseases.

Work Placement(s)

Syllabus

Basics of Exercise Prescription; benefit / risk.

Risk stratification before prescribing

Exercise prescription in osteomusculares diseases (eg, osteoporosis and sarcopenia)

Prescription of exercisein diseases, pe, on metabolic disorders with emphasis on diabetes II.

Head Lecturer(s)

Carlos Alberto Fontes Ribeiro

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Frequency: 50.0%
Resolution Problems: 50.0%

Bibliography

ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription by American College of Sports Medicine (2014) - 9nd Edition. Wolters Kluwer, USA

Swain D. and Leutho B. (2007). Exercise Prescription: A Case Study Approach to the ACSM Guidelines- 2nd Edition. Human Kinetics

ACSM's Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription by American College of Sports Medicine (2010). 6nd Edition. Wolters Kluwer, USA.