Acquire knowledge and understanding on the following points: knowledge
of the principles of Adapted Physical Activity and Exercise therapy and
health effects. The course also aims at acquiring the appropriate tools to
program the AFA and the therapy exercise and to evaluate the effects
with particular attention to populations with chronic pathologies and in
the elderly. In particular: to know and understand the characteristics of
the AFA and the therapy exercise and of the bio-molecular effects on the
regulation of intermediate metabolism, of osteo-articular growth, as well
as on the beneficial effects in the prevention and management of cancer
diseases. The student will acquire the validated methodologies in the
scientific literature for the assessment of physical fitness and fitness (in
relation to health) and in particular populations at risk, cancer patients,
the elderly (Knowledge and understanding); particular attention to fragile
populations (applied knowledge and understanding); acquire and deepen
the scientific language appropriate to one's professional field and learn to
relate correctly with different interlocutors in view of a multidisciplinary
team work (Communication skills) it is necessary to have acquired knowledge provided by the courses in
physiology, anatomy and genetics