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CODE 67109
ACADEMIC YEAR 2023/2024
CREDITS
SCIENTIFIC DISCIPLINARY SECTOR MED/09
LANGUAGE Italian
TEACHING LOCATION
  • SAVONA
SEMESTER 2° Semester
MODULES Questo insegnamento è un modulo di:
TEACHING MATERIALS AULAWEB

AIMS AND CONTENT

AIMS AND LEARNING OUTCOMES

The course of sport medicine is aimed to provide students with basic knowledge of cardiovascular and respiratory physiopathology in association with agonistic and amatorial sport. The cause will also introduce the most relialable techniques and instruments to evaluate physiopathological response of athletes to phisical exercise. A major part of the program will also be focused on the pharmacological malpractices linked to doping, smoking and drug abuse 

TEACHING METHODS

The theaching will be composed of front lessons

SYLLABUS/CONTENT

Certification in sport: aims, methods and professionals

  • Certificate for agonistic sport: first, second and thir level check
  • Certificate for non agonistic sport
  • Strategies for the prescription of physical exercise
  • Training evaluation tests

Physiopathological aspects of the cardiovascular system in sport

  • Cardiovascular adaptation to static and dynamic physical exercise
  • cardiovascular pathologies and risk of exercise-induced death in young athletes and masters

Physiopathological aspects of the respiratory system in sport

  • Spirometry
  • Respiratory volumes

Doping and drug abuse in sport sport

  • WADA phoibited substances
  • Anti-doping techniques
  • Tobacco: dependence and strategies of discontinuation

 

RECOMMENDED READING/BIBLIOGRAPHY

On the aulaweb section of unige website, students may want to dowload PDF files containing the slides that have been used for the comprehension of the topics that have been shown in the classes.

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

SERGIO AGOSTI

CRISTIANO NOVELLI

ANNA MARIA RICCIO

STEFANO THELLUNG DE COURTELARY (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)

MARA BOSCHETTI (President Substitute)

LESSONS

LESSONS START

Lessons will start in the Campus of Savona in the month of march 

Class schedule

L'orario di tutti gli insegnamenti è consultabile all'indirizzo EasyAcademy.

EXAMS

EXAM DESCRIPTION

The exam  will be composed of a written part in form of a quiz

ASSESSMENT METHODS

The quiz will be composed of 15 questions with 4 to 6 possible answers of which only one is the most appropriate. each correct answer corresponds to 2/30. The exam will be considered positively passed when total scores is higher or equal to18.