Exercise Physiology

Code: DES10220M

3 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours

Scientific Area: Human Kinetics

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English, Spanish

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

3. Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

4. Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

It is intended that students:
- Know the major physiological adaptations induced by exercise.
- Understand the mechanisms that underlie the various physiological adaptations that exercise may promote.
- Interpret and consider the implications that these same adaptations may influence the exercise prescription.
- Be capable to collect and interpret critically relevant scientific information on the topics addressed;
-Acquire the ability to communicate ideas and scientific knowledge (in oral and written forms) related with the curricular unit, in an organized and coherent form.

1. Bioenergetics of muscle activity
2. Acute and chronic adaptations to exercise
2.1. Cardio-vascular
2.2. Respiratory
2.3. Hormonal
2.4. Skeletal muscle
2.5. Renal
3. Thermoregulation and metabolic
4. Exercise in different environments

Teaching Methods

The UC is organized into classes T, TP classes and tutorials as Regulation EU school. The lectures are plenary sessions and based on scientific methods, emphasizing the search for information, the interpretation of experimental results and a critical and scientific rigor in students.

In the theoretical practice, students must participate actively in the preparation and execution of the work, the discussion of group activities and reporting of individual work. These lessons will also be an opportunity for students to improve their ability to prescribe exercise in real situations.

Assessment

Assessment includes questions posed in class, as well as the organisation and presentation by students of relevant scientific articles and their discussion with the lecturer.
Written assessment will be carried out by means of an attendance or final exam.
In addition to face-to-face work, there may be distance learning work, mainly through resources made available on Moodle.
The Theoretical-Practical classification takes into account the completion of theoretical-practical work, to be carried out mainly in the context of practical classes or worksheets. This classification contributes a total of 20% to the final grade.
The Theoretical Continuous Grading takes into account the completion of written tests. The theoretical classification contributes a total of 80% to the final grade.