- Course Code
- SR 3504
- Credit Points
- 30
- Course Coordinator
- Dr H Wackerhage and Dr A Lionikas
Pre-requisites
Notes
The practical work required in this course may pose difficulties to some students with disabilities. If this arises alternative arrangements will be made. Any student wishing to discuss this further should contact the School Disability Co-ordinator.
Overview
The course describes skeletal and heart muscle, diseases/injuries of these organs and the use of exercise as a treatment. Anatomical prosections are used to illustrate musculoskeletal anatomy and their association with sports injuries. Mechanisms of sarcopenia, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease are discussed together with the detailed mechanisms that explain the success of exercise interventions in the treatment of these diseases. Undergraduates attend and observe exercise therapy classes relating theory and practice.
Structure
12 week course comprising of lectures, practicals and exercise therapy sessions.
Assessment
1st Attempt: 1 three-hour written examination (70%) and in-course assessment: case study (30%).