MEDICAL CLINIC AND GERIATRICS
cod. 08736

Academic year 2007/08
6° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Medicina interna (MED/09)
Field
Clinica generale medica e chirurgica
Type of training activity
Characterising
8 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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course unit
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Learning objectives

The student must know when to prescribe and when to proscribe physical activity, whether at a competitive or non-competitive level. When deemed suitable, he/she must know what type of activity to prescribe, to what degree, in what mode and for how long. He/she must know the favourable and negative effects of exercise, both in healthy and ill individuals. He/she must know which substances are object of abuse and used for doping in the sports field.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

<br />Drug abuse, integration and doping. Determinants of muscle fatigue and therapeutic intervention. Asthma from physical exercise and exercise-induced anaphylaxis. Physical exercise in the prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of chronic degenerative diseases. Fitness for competitive and non-competitive sports: indications and limitations.

Full programme

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Bibliography

Fox Bowers Foss:  Le basi fisiologiche dell?educazione fisica e dello sport. Il Pensiero Scientifico Editore

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