96286 - Acute and Chronic Responses to Physical Exercise

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the student:

- knows the neuromuscular basis of physical exercise;

- knows the metabolic, cardiovascular, and respiratory responses before, during and after exercise (acute responses) and the role of the nervous and endocrine systems in regulating them;

- knows the morphological, neuromuscular, metabolic, cardiovascular, respiratory and endocrine adaptations induced by training and physical de-conditioning (chronic responses);

- is able to evaluate the quantitative parameters of such responses and relate them to the normal field of variability

- knows the influence of age, gender, environmental conditions and health status on these responses;

- is able to apply the aforementioned knowledge to the functional evaluation and prescription of physical exercise.

Course contents

Energy metabolism during exercise

Acute cardiovascular responses to exercise

Acute respiratory responses to exercise

Chronic neuromuscular and metabolic responses to training

Chronic cardiovascular and respiratory responses to training

Endocrine control and responses

Physiological effects of deconditioning

The effects of age, gender, the envinronment and health status on the aforementioned responses

These contents may be changed during the course

 

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 to 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 Dalton Roberto Alves Araujo De Lima Junior