Learning objectives
Provide essential expertise for understand the mechanisms by which exercise plays a pivital role in promoting health and how it represents an instrument of great effectiveness in the prevention (primary and tertiary) and treatment of major chronic degenerative diseases. Contextualize the phenomenon of doping in terms of protecting the health of athletes.
Provide knowledge about cardiac diseases and the risk factors for these diseases. Causes of sudden death in athletes
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology and biochemistry
Course unit content
Doping.
Anatomical and functional effects induced by physical activity.
Favorable and the negative effects of exercise in both healthy subjects .
Primary prevention with physical exercise.
Exercise therapy in the major chronic degenerative diseases (cardiovascular diseases, obesity, hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome, cancer, aging).
Sport therapy: type, intensity, duration and frequency in the each clinical situations.
Main contraindications to competitive sport.
General concepts on the principles of nutrition, hydration and integration in the sport and the effects of work in adverse environmental conditions.
Cardiac adaptations to physical exercise: Athlete's heart.
Sudden Death in athletes.
Diagnostic tests in cardiology: exercise stress test, echocardiography, cardiac MNR, computed tomography, cardiac catheterization and coronary angiography.
Full programme
Introduction to the course
Health protection of sporting activities, fitness certification
sporty
Diagnostic methods in cardiology (notions of ECG and Echocardiography
Sport therapy in: diabetes, obesity, dyslipidemia, metabolic syndrome
oncology, aging
Diagnostic methods in cardiology: cardiac imaging tests (myocardial scintigraphy, heart MRI,
Coronary CT scan)
Diagnostic methods in cardiology: the cardiopulmonary test
Doping, Legislation
Valvulopathies: clinical framework and sports therapy
Cardiovascular adaptations to physical exercise: the athlete's heart
Ischemic heart disease: definition, clinical framework and hints of therapy
Arterial hypertension: definition, clinical classification of the patient
hypertensive and sport therapy
Physical exercise in ischemic heart disease and Rehabilitation Principles
Cardiomyopathies: definition, clinical classification and sport therapy
General concepts on the principles of nutrition, hydration and integration
in sporting activity
Arrhythmias, arrhythmic syndromes (long QT syndrome, short QT syndrome, Brugada syndrome, Wolf
Parkinson Whyte)
Sudden death in the athlete
Doping, Forbidden substances
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation
Bibliography
1. Notes from the professor
2. A. Bonetti. Argomenti di Medicina dello sport. Editore MUP
3. P. Zeppilli, V. Palmieri. Manuale di Medicina dello Sport e Pronto Soccorso. Ed. CESI.
4. Protocolli cardiologici per il giudizio di idoneità allo sport agonistico. Ed. CESI
5. D.R. Mottram: Farmaci e Sport. Casa Editrice Ambrosiana.
6. C. Macchi, R. Molino Lova, F. Cecchi. Attività motoria, fitness e salute nell'adulto e nell'anziano. NME e SEE Ed. Firenze 2007.
7. Lista WADA
8. Protocolli cardiologici per il giudizio di idoneità
allo sport agonistico 2017.
Casa Editrice Scientifica Internazionale
ComItato organIzzatIvo CardIologiCo per l’IdoneItà allo SportANCE - ANMCO - FMSI - SIC - SIC Sport
9. Textbook of Sports and Exercise Cardiology. Axel Pressler Josef Niebauer Editors. Springer 2020
Teaching methods
Lectures will be held on-site in compliance with safety standards,provided that further instructions on the ongoing health emergency are not implemented. Supporting material will be avaible on the specific,student-reserved platform (Elly) and will include slide presentations,audio-vido aids or video-recording of the lectures.
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination.
In case of the persistence of the health emergency, the exams will be conducted remotely, as follows:
remote oral questions, through the Teams platform (guide http://selma.unipr.it/).
Students with SLD / BSE must first contact Le Eli-che: support for students with disabilities, D.S.A., B.E.S. (https://sea.unipr.it/it/servizi/le-eli-che-supporto-studenti-con-disabilita-dsa-bes)
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