Main aim of the course is the comprehension of principal functional adaptations occurring in organs an systems of the human body involved in physical exercise.
Particularly, the acquired knowledge will confer students the following abilities:
- to know the principal adaptations induced by physical training on the respiratory system function, heart and circulation and skeletal and cardiac muscles, as well as the neural adaptations to physical exercise (Understanding skills);
- ability to build X-Y diagrams to explain the acquired concepts; ability to explain the most important Physiology Laws underlying the functions of the different organs (Applyed Understanding);
- based on the acquired information, the ability to discriminate between physiological and pathological aspects of organs and systems functions (Decision-making Autonomy);
- to acquire appropriate scientific language, to comunicate either within scientific community or to people in general (Comunication Skills);
- to gain important information on their own topics by selecting the adeguate sources available (Learning Skills).