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Second cycle degree course in
Theory and methods of preventive and adapted physical activities
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

GENERAL PATHOLOGY
cod. 06030

Academic year 2018/19
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
Ovidio BUSSOLATI
Academic discipline
Patologia generale (MED/04)
Field
Biomedico
Type of training activity
Characterising
7 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN
lectures timetable unavailable
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Integrated course unit module: LABORATORY ANALYSIS APPLIED TO SPORTS

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Learning objectives

Students are expected to know how laboratory data contribute to the characterization of overtraining-dependent tissue damage and of the effects of exercise in diabetic patients

Prerequisites

Adequate bases of biology, anatomy, biochemistry and physiology

Course unit content

Besides the proper recalls of general pathology and immunology, lectures will
concern overtraining-dependent tissue damages and immunodeficiency and the role of exercise in the diabetic patient,
together with the role of laboratory in the monitoring of these conditions.

Full programme

- The inflammatory and the immune responses
- Types of inflammation
- Overtraining and its consequences
- Anaphylaxis and Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction (EIB)
- Post-exercise Immunosuppression (PEIS): Mechanisms, consequences, role of nutrition
- The laboratory in the assessment of overtraining and tissue damage
- The laboratory in the assessment of immune function
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Types of Diabetes
- Basic pathophysiology of Diabetes Mellitus
- The metabolic effects of exercise and role of exercise in the management of the T2DM patient
- The laboratory in the management of the diabetic patient

Bibliography

Basics of General Pathology will be found in Maier “Elementi di Patologia generale e Fisiopatologia”, McGraw-Hill
Companies, 2 ed. Other reference material will be indicated and discussed during the lessons and made availble on the Elly platform

Teaching methods

Interactive lessons. The iconographic supports shown during the lessons will be available to students on the Elly platform.

Assessment methods and criteria

Achievements will be verified at the level of the Integrated
Course through an oral exam. One question, chosen in a list discussed during the lessons, will specifically concern the
subjects of this Course. See the site of the Integrated Course for other
information.

Other information

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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development

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Contacts

Toll-free number

800 904 084

Student Registry Office

N +39 0521 903700
Email segreteria.medicina@unipr.it

Quality assurance office

Education Manager:
Maria Lucrezia Giorgetta
N +39 0521 903745
Email service didattica.dimec@unipr.it 
Email of the manager marialucrezia.giorgetta@unipr.it 

Course President

Prof. Prisco Mirandola
Email prisco.mirandola@unipr.it

Guidance delegate and tutoring

Prof.ssa Daniela Galli
Email daniela.galli@unipr.it 

Prof. Giancarlo Condello
Email giancarlo.condello@unipr.it 

Career guidance delegate

Prof. Prisco Mirandola
Email prisco.mirandola@unipr.it 

Prof.ssa Giuliana Gobbi
Email giuliana.gobbi@unipr.it 

Tutors

Prof.ssa Ileana Ramazzina
Email ileana.ramazzina@unipr.it

Prof.ssa Valeria Naponelli
Email valeria.naponelli@unipr.it

Prof. Giancarlo Condello
Email giancarlo.condello@unipr.it

Prof. Prisco Mirandola
Email prisco.mirandola@unipr.it

Erasmus

Prof. Roberto Sala
Email roberto.sala@unipr.it 

Quality Assurance Officer (RAQ)

Prof. Giancarlo Condello
Email giancarlo.condello@unipr.it

Internships

Prof.ssa Maria Luisa Arcari
Email marialuisa.arcari@unipr.it 

Tutor students

Dott.ssa Maria Cristina Barilla
Email mariacristina.barilla@unipr.it