2023
Physiology and Exercise in the Elderly
Name: Physiology and Exercise in the Elderly
Code: DES14658O
3 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours
Scientific Area:
Human Kinetics
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Presentation
The UC aims to promote the mastery of fundamentals supporting exercise practice as a health and functionality inductor, considering the specificity of physiological changes associated with ageing.
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
knowledge
Know the physiological changes resulting from aging and the subsequent changes in physical and cognitive functioning.
Know the association between aging, functionality, and susceptibility to negative events.
Know tools for evaluating older adults functionality
Know the theoretical foundations that support exercise practice in aging.
Skills:
Acquire the competence to carry out a screening identifying the main functional and cognitive deficits in the elderly.
Acquire skills to contribute to the design of interventions including exercise aimed to older adults in a multidisciplinary team.
Know the physiological changes resulting from aging and the subsequent changes in physical and cognitive functioning.
Know the association between aging, functionality, and susceptibility to negative events.
Know tools for evaluating older adults functionality
Know the theoretical foundations that support exercise practice in aging.
Skills:
Acquire the competence to carry out a screening identifying the main functional and cognitive deficits in the elderly.
Acquire skills to contribute to the design of interventions including exercise aimed to older adults in a multidisciplinary team.
Contents
1.Physiological and functional changes associated with aging.
Main changes in the musculoskeletal and nervous systems and consequent changes in physical and cognitive functionality.
Aging, dependence, and susceptibility to negative events.
Older adults functional assessment and establishment of intervention needs.
2.Exercise as an inducer of health and autonomy in aging.
Theoretical framework supporting exercise practice on active aging.
Recommendations for exercise practice exercise on aging.
Exercise programs aimed to older adultscharacteristics, specificities, and valences.
The exercise session
Structure.
Goals.
Exercises characteristics and effects specificities
3.Good practices and transdisciplinary collaboration in healthy aging promotion.
Main changes in the musculoskeletal and nervous systems and consequent changes in physical and cognitive functionality.
Aging, dependence, and susceptibility to negative events.
Older adults functional assessment and establishment of intervention needs.
2.Exercise as an inducer of health and autonomy in aging.
Theoretical framework supporting exercise practice on active aging.
Recommendations for exercise practice exercise on aging.
Exercise programs aimed to older adultscharacteristics, specificities, and valences.
The exercise session
Structure.
Goals.
Exercises characteristics and effects specificities
3.Good practices and transdisciplinary collaboration in healthy aging promotion.
Teaching Methods
The syllabus were selected and organized hierarchically so that the students progressively and sustainably achieve the UC objectives. First, basic knowledge is created, then more specific and particular syllabus is addressed.
TP classes will take place in modules. The UC contents will be taught using expository methodologies, exploration of didactic material made available through the UC moodle platform or accessed through online search engines such as B-ON. The experience of practical content will be privileged, namely the use of assessment tools and the realization and the analysis of criteria physical exercises. All teaching and learning will be consolidated by research in scientific studies.
The evaluation will follow two regimes:
1. Continuous Evaluation: an individual written test (50%) and a group work (50%); The student must obtain a rating of ≥ 9.5 for each assessment element.
2. Exam: a written test focused on the syllabus (100%) (final grade ≥ 9.5).
TP classes will take place in modules. The UC contents will be taught using expository methodologies, exploration of didactic material made available through the UC moodle platform or accessed through online search engines such as B-ON. The experience of practical content will be privileged, namely the use of assessment tools and the realization and the analysis of criteria physical exercises. All teaching and learning will be consolidated by research in scientific studies.
The evaluation will follow two regimes:
1. Continuous Evaluation: an individual written test (50%) and a group work (50%); The student must obtain a rating of ≥ 9.5 for each assessment element.
2. Exam: a written test focused on the syllabus (100%) (final grade ≥ 9.5).
Teaching Staff
- Catarina Lino Neto Pereira [responsible]
