Department for Health, Unit Catalogue 2011/12 |
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 Credits:
| 6 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 |
| Assessment:
| CW 30%, EX 70% |
| Supplementary Assessment: | Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
| Before taking this unit you must take HL20041 and take XX10179 |
| Description:
| Aims & Learning Objectives: To introduce the physiological adaptations that occur as a result of regular exercise and to understand how these adaptations may improve health, fitness and well-being. On completion of this unit students should be able to: * Understand some of the relationships between exercise, health and fitness. * Determine key aspects of health and fitness in a wide range of the population including specific groups such as the sedentary and elderly. * Evaluate the results of certain health/fitness tests and begin to prescribe forms of exercise that would elicit improvements in health/fitness. Content: Factors limiting health and fitness. Work tests to evaluate cardiorepiratory fitness. Training for Health and Fitness. Exercise and the musculoskeletal and Neauromuscular systems. Body composition Nutrition and Health. |
| Programme availability: |
HL20044 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department for Health
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