2023
Health and Physical Condition
Name: Health and Physical Condition
Code: DES10669L
6 ECTS
Duration: 15 weeks/156 hours
Scientific Area:
Exercício e Saúde
Teaching languages: Portuguese
Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English, Spanish
Regime de Frequência: Presencial
Sustainable Development Goals
Learning Goals
Give the students of Sport Science, basic knowledge of exercise prescription as a vector for physical health.
Evaluate the techniques of exercise prescription on the slope of health
The approach to these questions will be based on:
1. Domain and deepening of fundamental concepts.
2. Practical application of knowledge.
Evaluate the techniques of exercise prescription on the slope of health
The approach to these questions will be based on:
1. Domain and deepening of fundamental concepts.
2. Practical application of knowledge.
Contents
1 - Diabetes Mellitus
2 - Dyslipidemia
3 - Hypertension
4 - Obese
5 - Metabolic Syndrome
6 - Osteoporosis
7 - Arthritis
8 - Fibromyalgia
9 - The elderly
10 - Children
2 - Dyslipidemia
3 - Hypertension
4 - Obese
5 - Metabolic Syndrome
6 - Osteoporosis
7 - Arthritis
8 - Fibromyalgia
9 - The elderly
10 - Children
Teaching Methods
The classes take place during the second semester, and in each week there will be a lecture and a theoretical-practical
class. Each will last one hundred and twenty minutes, on a continuous assessment, using the classroom as a
workplace. There will be approximately 15 practical sessions 30 theoretical-practical sessions.
The evaluation of the student will be done through two processes:
The continuous assessment process
Have evaluation with score greater than or equal to 9.5 in the practice classification (40%);
Have evaluation with score greater than or equal to 9.5 in theoretical classification (60%).
The final evaluation process
Have evaluation with score greater than or equal to 9.5 in the practice classification (40%);
Have evaluation with score greater than or equal to 9.5 in theoretical classification (60%).
class. Each will last one hundred and twenty minutes, on a continuous assessment, using the classroom as a
workplace. There will be approximately 15 practical sessions 30 theoretical-practical sessions.
The evaluation of the student will be done through two processes:
The continuous assessment process
Have evaluation with score greater than or equal to 9.5 in the practice classification (40%);
Have evaluation with score greater than or equal to 9.5 in theoretical classification (60%).
The final evaluation process
Have evaluation with score greater than or equal to 9.5 in the practice classification (40%);
Have evaluation with score greater than or equal to 9.5 in theoretical classification (60%).
