OVERVIEW

Sport, besides being beneficial for metabolism, locomotion and cardiovascular activity, causes stressful conditions that may elicit de novo  pathologies or increase the severity of preexisting conditions. The aim of sports medicine is mainly preventive and is directed at identifying as soon as possible these conditions that represent a contraindication for sport and helping athletes in applying to physical activities according to their health conditions.  

In particular, the course will address the cardiovascular risk of intense physical activity and will illustrate the most effective BLS techniques Furthermore, the course will describe the most frequent pharmacological approach in sport medicine, their advantages and the threat that pharmacological abuse pones on the health of athletes. Such knowledge should have a relevant space in the expertise of any expert in science and technique of sport.

AIMS AND CONTENT

LEARNING OUTCOMES

The integrated course of "medical aspects of sports performance 2" includes various specific courses (internal medicine, pharmacology, cardiology) and provides for the acquisition by the student of the CDS in sport sciences and techniques of the specific basics of the individual courses.

Therefore, the earning outcomes comprehend  the acquisition of the basic notions of the individual courses with particular attention to the methods of definition and attribution of sports suitability, to the definition and methods of ascertaining doping in sport, to cardiac activity during sports activities and to cardiological diseases that can limit the sporting activity itself.

PREREQUISITES

this course comprehends teachings about sport medicine, life support strategies, techniques of evaluation of cardiologic health in athletes, and pyharmacological  treatment pf sport-associated emergencies  emergenze associate allo sport. The comprehension of these topics requires a goord knowlwdge of basic concepts in human anatomy  and physiology, pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics. 

TEACHERS AND EXAM BOARD

Exam Board

ITALO PORTO (President)

STEFANO THELLUNG DE COURTELARY (President)

GIUSEPPE MURDACA (President and Coordinator of Integrated Course)