85051 - Adapted Aquatics

Learning outcomes

The course aims to provide students with scientific and practical knowledge to understand, plan and perform motor activities in the aquatic environment for individuals with specific requests in the motor, mental and motivational fields.

Course contents

Introduction of the Course, organization and operating methods.
Water and hydrokinesitherapy: Health and medical aspects. Physical characteristics of the aquatic environment. Movement in the absence of gravity. Setting and floating. Equilibrium. Psychological aspects of immersion. Acquaticità.
The figure and the skills of the educator in the aquatic field. Main methods of motor activity adapted in water. Rehabilitation protocols. Functional evaluation and role within a medical team.
• Water-therapy: Aquatic experiences for subjects with neuromuscular / cardio-vascular diseases.
• Water-mobility: Aquatic experiences for individuals with neurological / behavioral pathologies.
• Water-well-being: Aquatic experiences for healthy / fragile subjects (water-fitness, obese, elderly, newborns, pregnant women, disabled people, etc.)
• Water-sport: competitive swimming for people with disabilities. The categories, the training models

Readings/Bibliography

Notes of the lectures (slides-articles) inserted on Alma-Campus.

Teaching methods

Lectures are planned with technical aids for teaching and participation at the invitation of expert speakers for the theory.

Assessment methods

The final exam will be a written test (with open-ended questions and possible oral completion) to verify the level of depth achieved by the candidate.

Teaching tools

Use of Video projector, PC, overhead projector, whiteboard.

Links to further information

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/giorgio.gatta/

Office hours

See the website of Giorgio Gatta