SPRT2251: Advanced Sport and Exercise Physiology

• Introduction to Anatomy and Exercise Physiology.

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• To develop an understanding of the current methods used to assess and/or enhance sport, exercise, and health related performance. This will be achieved through more detailed use of relevant sport, exercise and health examples within taught sessions and the continuation of laboratory work.
• Develop a broader and deeper understanding of the role of sport, exercise, and health physiology in enhancing sport, exercise and health performance.

• This module will build on the information provided in the Level 1 Introduction to Anatomy and Exercise Physiology. This module will focus on how sport, exercise and health performance can be enhanced and assessed.
• Topics covered will include: the validity and reliability of physiological assessments of sport, exercise and health, indicative content includes; Lactate/ventilatory threshold testing; Maximal and sub-maximal exercise tests, power and strength assessment and/or adaptations through training.
• The module will primarily focus on how exercise assessments or training can be utilised in an athletic population, or in a general, or clinical, population.

Subject-specific Knowledge:

• Understand factors that can affect the physiological responses to exercise.
• Display a knowledge of the limitations and/or benefits of both laboratory and field based physiological assessments.
• To develop an understanding of the current issues in exercise physiology.

Subject-specific Skills:

• Competently use a range of laboratory equipment and techniques to assess physiological parameters at rest and during exercise.
• Undertake and evaluate laboratory and/or field-based fitness tests in relation to sport, exercise and health performance.
• Identify how to enhance the physiological profile of an athlete, or improve the health and wellbeing of a person.

Key Skills:

• Undertake empirical research to produce an accurate and concise appraisal of the demands of a given sport or condition.
• Manage their time appropriately in order to meet the requirements of independent study.
• Use library and IT facilities to source and integrate information from a range of empirical resources.
• Demonstrate verbal communication skills.

• Teaching and learning will be centred on lectures and practical laboratory sessions. The lectures will provide students with the opportunity to enhance their underpinning knowledge and understanding of key content areas as identified. These taught sessions will also permit the student to place their theoretical knowledge into a more applied environment.
• In practical laboratory sessions, students will be provided with further opportunities to develop their lab skills in planning, undertaking and reporting on experiments that have explicit relevance for enhancing sport, health and exercise performance.
• Formative: assessment will be an online short answer question exam lasting 20 minutes (non-compulsory). Formative feedback will be provided during laboratory sessions and a dedicated assessment support session, to support students with their results and discussion sections.
• Summative assessment:
• 1.An online 30- question MCQ and 3-question SAQ exam
• 2. Results (1 table, 1 figure) and discussion sections of a laboratory report which will appropriately assess the learning outcomes of the module.

Formative: assessment will be an online short answer question exam lasting 20 minutes (non-compulsory). Formative feedback will be provided during laboratory sessions and a dedicated assessment support session, to support students with their results and discussion sections.

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