OVERVIEW

The course provides information dealing the epidemiology of sport-related diseases. Information and applicative elements are provided dealing diet in sportsmen and advance molecular methods to evaluate sport attitude.

AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Epidemiology of most common diseases in soprtsmen;
• Individual and environmental risk factor of sport relat4ed diseases;
• Application of food intervention as related to the different stages of training;
• Advance molecular methods to evaluate sport performance: knowledge of advantages and limits.

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Descriptive and analytic epidemiology of trauma diseases in the sportsmen.

Tendons disease in sportsmen: epidemiology and prevention.

Respiratory diseases in sportsmen: epidemiology and prevention

Sudden heart death in sportsmen: epidemiology.

Food nutrition in sportsmen.

Molecular biomarkers as applied to the analysis of sports: genomic and postgenomic biomarkers.

Molecular genomics in sportsmen: genetics of individual attitude to sports

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

Brandi et al., Igiene e Sanità Pubblica per Scienze Motorie, Delfino Ed

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

LUIGI MOLFETTA (President)

SAMIR SUKKAR (President)

CARLO TROMPETTO (President)

ALBERTO IZZOTTI (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

LESSONS

Class schedule

EPIDEMIOLOGY OF SPORTS RELATED DISEASES

EXAMS

Exam schedule