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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: | Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7) |
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| Assessment Summary: | EX 100% |
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| Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take HL20185 AND take HL30044 AND take HL30054 |
| Description:
| Aims: To examine acute and chronic adaptations to exercise and physical activity at multiple levels (i.e. from changes at the whole-body level through to cellular and molecular adaptation) and to understand the impact of such adaptation on health and performance. Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to: * Demonstrate an integrated understanding of the complex mechanisms involved in health-related and performance-related adaptations to exercise and physical activity. * Demonstrate a critical awareness of gene-environment interaction in terms of understanding how an individual's environment (e.g., lifestyle, age) and genotype influence the adaptive responses to exercise and physical activity. * Demonstrate a critical and comprehensive understanding of the role for creative bespoke and individualised exercise prescription for health-related and performance-related adaptation. Skills: Knowledge and Understanding - taught, facilitated and assessed Intellectual Skills - facilitated and assessed Written Communication - facilitated and assessed Information Technology - facilitated and assessed Working Independently - facilitated and assessed. Content: Characterisation and quantification of exercise and physical activity as a stimulus (e.g., exercise energetics, spontaneous physical activity versus structured exercise, dose-response issues). Physical inactivity and loss of adaptation or maladaptation (bed rest, immobilisation, sedentarism). The evolutionary basis for exercise, physical activity and adaptation. Gene-environment interaction related to exercise and physical activity. Impact of genetics on adaptation for health and performance (e.g., polymorphisms and performance, polymorphisms and health). Whole-body adaptation (e.g., muscle distribution and mass), cellular and molecular adaptation (e.g., protein and enzyme expression). |
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HL40156 is Optional (DEU) on the following programmes:Department for Health
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