ASSESSMENT AND IMPROVEMENT OF THE PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE OF ELDERLY AND FRAGILE PEOPLE
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2021/2022
- Teacher
- MICHELE FELISATTI
- Credits
- 1
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- M-EDF/01
Training objectives
- It is now certain that physical activity carried out regularly induces beneficial effects for health at all ages of life: exercise protects against the onset of numerous diseases and is a valid support for the treatment of some overt pathologies. The aim of the course will be to analyze some current practices that are reflected in the literature, often consolidated as field activities, with the aim of stimulating students to reconsider, with the rigor of clinical research, all those activities that are not healthcare but which often bring benefits to the patient and those who daily support him: exercise training, walking groups, gymnastics or slow move, etc ...
Prerequisites
- Knowledge of physiology
Course programme
- Chronicity management models with Chronic Care Model proposals and innovative assistance models. Physical exercise: indications and contraindications in the elderly patient, prescription of physical exercise, physical exercise and diseases. Stratification of cardiovascular risk. Exercise training to the functional limitations of the locomotor system. Exercise training to alterations in muscle tone. Exercise training and cardiorespiratory reconditioning. Methods of intervention and cognitive reactivation. Assessment of seniors with test battery elements for functional fitness. Case report.
Didactic methods
- Lectures, presentation of rich documentation relating to case reports and instrumentation in use. Exercise Prescription Simulations.
Learning assessment procedures
- 10 multiple choice quiz (4 answers) + 1 for honors.
Reference texts
- • Slides provided by the teacher
• Attività Motoria Adattata: dalla teoria alla pratica. Test e programmi di allenamento. Luca Marin Editor - Calzetti & Mariucci Editori ISBN: 9788860284570
• ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins editori - ISBN: 1496339061
• Attività Fisica Adattata – Strategie di contrasto alla cronicità a cura di Lorenzo Panella – edi-ermes ISBN: 9788870513745
• Test per lo sport e l’attività fisica a cura di G. S. Roi – Calzetti & Mariucci editori ISBN: 9788860281647
