- Docente: Samuele Maria Marcora
- Credits: 6
- SSD: BIO/09
- Language: Italian
- Moduli: Samuele Maria Marcora (Modulo 1) Federico Nigro (Modulo 2)
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures Traditional lectures (Modulo 1) Traditional lectures (Modulo 2)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Sciences and Techniques of Sports Activities (cod. 9069)
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from Feb 27, 2025 to Jun 05, 2025
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from Apr 02, 2025 to Apr 30, 2025
Learning outcomes
A the end of the course, the student: knows and is able to assess the main muscular, metabolic, cardiovascular and respiratory responses to exercise in athletes from various sports and of different performance level (amateur to elite), knows the interactions between hormones and sport performance; knows the long-term morphological, neuromuscular, cardiovascular, respiratory and endocrine adaptations to training; is able to quantitatively assess these responses and interpret them against normative data; knows the influence of age, gender, and environment on the physiological responses to exercise.
Course contents
Bioenergetics in sport
Cardiovascular responses to exercise
Respiratory responses to exercise
Muscular and metabolic adaptations to training
Cardio-respiratory adaptations to training
Endocrine control and hormonal adaptations in sport
Age and gender
Environment
Readings/Bibliography
The following textbook is recomended:
Fisiologia dell'esercizio. Teoria e pratica per forma fisica e performance di Scott K. Powers e Edward T. Howley. Piccin-Nuova Libraria, 2024.
Scientific articles will be provided during the course
Teaching methods
Traditional lectures
Lab practicals
Discussions of scientific articles
On request, tutorials to be privately arranged with the lecturers
Attendance to the lab practicals is mandatory
Assessment methods
Oral Examination
Teaching tools
Virtual Learning Environment platform
Laboratories at Record Sport University Centre in Bologna
Office hours
See the website of Samuele Maria Marcora
See the website of Federico Nigro
SDGs
This teaching activity contributes to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN 2030 Agenda.