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Università degli Studi di Parma Università degli Studi di Parma
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 2017/18
1° year of course - First semester
Professor
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
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Integrated course unit module: LABORATORY ANALYSIS APPLIED TO SPORTS

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Learning objectives

Students will understand the role of laboratory in the
characterization of overtraining and of the effects of exercise diabetes mellitus.

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 damage and the role of exercise in the diabetic patient,
together with the importance of laboratory monitoring in these conditions.

Full programme

- The inflammatory and the immune response
- Types of inflammation
- Structure and functions of the immune system
- 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
- The laboratory in the assessment of immune function
- Diabetes Mellitus - Types of Diabetes and basic pathophysiology
- 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

- 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

Objective fullfilment 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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