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 Academic Year: | 2016/7 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department for Health |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 100% |
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| Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must take HL20042
While taking this module you must take HL20108 AND take HL20185 |
| Description:
| Aims: To extend the students' laboratory based practical skills in the areas of sport and exercise biomechanics, physiology and psychology. Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit, students should be able to: * Describe the principles of quality control and quality assessment from a laboratory perspective. * Conduct appropriate biomechanical testing using prescribed methodologies and techniques. * Undertake a range of physiological tests on human subjects. * Explain effective use of psychological assessment in sport and exercise populations. * Describe the principles of ethical treatment of human subjects in a laboratory environment. Skills: Intellectual skills - taught, facilitated and assessed. IT skills - taught, facilitated and assessed. Professional laboratory skills - taught, facilitate and assessed. Problem solving - taught, facilitated and assessed. Written communication - facilitated and assessed. Group work - facilitated. Working independently - facilitated and assessed. Content: Biomechanics: Motion analysis; force plate analysis, anthropometrics. Physiology: Gas analysis; blood sampling and handling; blood lactate; body composition; blood pressure. Psychology: Psychological assessment (quantitative and qualitative approaches). |
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HL20050 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department for Health
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