78492 - T.T. Adapted Physical Exercise

Learning outcomes

Adapted Physical Exercise (EFA) can be defined as the regular and constant practice of a motor activity, in which parameters such as: "intensity, duration, frequency and specificity" are evaluated, programmed, established and measured. This administration must be carried out, as a rule and in special cases, through collaboration with various professionals in the health sector. The concept of "EFA" represents the overcoming of the traditional "training", at the base of which persist however key notions and principles deriving from the training methodology. The general criterion is to take care of people with risk factors and suffering from pathological conditions. Such people can benefit from properly prescribed and controlled exercise. The goal is also to experiment with prevention and treatment programs, based on physical exercise, by preparing the organizational methods within which both the prescription of physical activity, customized to the characteristics of the individual, and the administration through paths take place that guarantee the achievement and maintenance of the prescribed activity levels over time. At the end of the course, the student: - has skills on the primary function that adapted physical exercise plays in the context of sedentary lifestyle and the aging process, in particular on the progressive decrease of the individual's physical adaptation and performance skills ; - knows the therapeutic function of physical activity and its specializations, through the analysis of specific issues, in improving a lifestyle related to cardiovascular, respiratory and metabolic diseases. He is able to identify and differentiate the moments of prevention and compensation and to apply didactic methodologies suitable for the age and to transfer his knowledge in the application field and therefore to elaborate an individualized work protocol. These topics are developed in order to involve competent professionals in different clinical sectors and with research tools.

Course contents

TTD PREVENTIVE AND COMPENSATION THEORETICAL MODULE (3 CFU)

Laws of growth and classification of morphological alterations

Historical notes and aims of preventive and compensatory motor education - Laws of growth - Classification of morphological alterations - Causes of morphological alterations - Period of onset of morphological changes and the importance of their prevention Mechanomorphosis 

Mechanomorphosis:

generalities - Delpech's law - Law of Lamarch and Darwin - Laws of muscle development - Laws of Borelli and Weber Fick - Shwam's law - Lapierre experimental conditions

Compensatory motor education techniques

-General principles governing compensatory motor education - Classification of exercises that can be used within the educational context (toning, mobility, awareness, relaxation and body perception, balance, coordination)

The posture

 - Posture: definitions, characteristics of the postural tonic system, importance of posture in the current context, postural control mechanisms - Analysis of the subject: postural evaluation

Morphological alterations 

Respiratory gymnastics and its importance in all trunk alterations - Chest changes - Characteristics, causes, consequences and treatment of the following alterations of the lower limbs: Foot: flat, valgus, varus, hollow, hallux valgus Knee: valgus, varus, recurvatuum, flexum - Characteristics, causes, consequences and treatment of spinal changes: Cervical tract: accentuation, decrease, inversion Dorsal section: accentuation, decrease, inversion Lumbar tract: accentuation, decrease, inversion - Alterations of the scapulo-humeral girdle - Lateralization of the spine: scoliotic attitude, scoliosis; characteristics, causes, consequences and various types of treatment - Main methods and techniques for restoring posture

Prevention and ergonomics of the postural system  Prevention of morphological alterations - Prevention of pain - Possibilities and methods of intervention according to the age of the subjects under examination

MODULE OF T.T.D. ADAPTED PHYSICAL EXERCISE ADAPTED

  PHYSICAL EXERCISE -

Main primary and secondary risk factors - Physical activity and age, life expectancy, impairment

ADAPTED PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND HEART RESPIRATORY FUNCTION

-General principles of programs aimed at improving cardiorespiratory function -Exercise and heart disease -  Obliterating Arteriopathy

ADAPTED PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND HYPERTENSION

Study of cases and list of sources

ADAPTED PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND METABOLIC SYNDROME -Exercise and Overweight -Exercise and Obesity -Study of cases and list of sources

ADAPTED PHYSICAL EXERCISE AND DEPRESSION

Guidelines on physical activity and exercise -Evidences -Aims

THE ROLE OF ADAPTED PHYSICAL EXERCISE IN CANCER PREVENTION AND PROGNOSIS

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