EMHPA Handbook 2022-2024

FIRST YEAR
Module 1 - Biomedical issues in Health and Exercise
Module Size and Location
15 Ects, Rome (coordination).
Multidisciplinary components SSD ECTS
Applied Biology BIO/13 2
Physiology BIO/09 6
Sport Medicine MED/09 5
Applied Medical Sciences MED/50 2
Language L-LIN/02 0
Specific Condition and Teaching Modality
This module is entirely in English. The course is structured as an Intensive course with a
condensed blended teaching period of 3 weeks (distance face-to-face and online resources) and
a condensed e-learning, distance tutoring and individual study of 4 weeks, including
examination.
Module Period
Teaching period: 10 - 28 October 2022.
e-learning, distance tutoring and individual study: 31 October – 22 November 2022.
Objectives of the modules
• Acquire an integrative knowledge on exercise physiology, motor analysis and biomechanics,
and understand how metabolism and forces affect the body during daily activities.
• Describe and understand the mechanisms of muscular, neural and tendons-aponeurosis
adaptation induced by resistance training, as well as the association between aerobic fitness
and health.
• Understand the concepts of physical activity and health based on epidemiological data.
• Understand the importance of the relationship between hormones and exercise in prevention
and/or treatment of different diseases.
• Understand the concept of doping, as well as to know the main international rules regulating
the doping controls in international sports competitions, and of the list of prohibited
substances.
• Understand and describe the genetic background of monofactorial and multifactorial traits
and the role of genetic polymorphisms in the individual response to environmental factors,
with specific attention to physical exercise.
Prerequisites
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