Learning objectives
Students will have to learn the preventive and therapeutical effect of physical exercise in different types of diseases, and be confident with the modality of prescription in different clinical situations, in the context of personalized medicine.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of physiopathology, semeiotics and clinical methodology.
Course unit content
-Sports medicine: an overview with particular focus on the therapeutic role of physical exercise.
-Physical exercise as prevention and therapy of the main clinical syndromes in internal medicine. The physical exercise prescription in internal medicine. Overview of the "lifestyle" concept and interventions to promote its modification.
-General concepts about certificates of fitness. Indications to sport practice in patients with heart disease.
- Exercise in older individuals and its role for prevention of physical frailty and sarcopenia.
Full programme
Sports medicine: general overview.
Exercise as therapy and prevention.Effects of exercise and training on the main organs and systems.
The “lifestyle” concept. Interventions aimed at modifying lifestyle.
Cardiovascular disease: exercise as prevention and treatment. Overview on the problem of certification of fitness for sport in patients with heart diseases.
Respiratory diseases and exercise.
Endocrine-metabolic diseases and exercise.
Gastroenteric diseases and exercise
Blood diseases and exercises.
Sport therapy prescription in internal medicine.
Physiologic effects of exercise and training in aging. Exercise as prevention and treatment of geriatric syndromes, including physical frailty and sarcopenia.
Bibliography
- Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine. 9th Edition. Elsevier 2017.
- Zeppilli, Bianco, Palmieri, Franzese. Manuale di Medicina dello Sport. Casa Editrice Scientifica Internazionale 2013.
Teaching methods
Seminars and lectures.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination
Other information
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2030 agenda goals for sustainable development
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