ISMAT 22456

Specialization in Exercise and Health

• ApresentaçãoPresentation

  The Specialization in Exercise and Health is an advanced curricular unit that aims to provide students with complex specialized knowledge and skills for future professional intervention in several contexts, particularly those where physical exercise is viewed within the framework of health-related quality of life, focusing on disease prevention in healthy adults, non-pharmacological complementary treatment of numerous chronic pathologies, and the assessment and prescription of exercise in special conditions and phases of life. Thus, through the acquisition of knowledge and technical skills in assessment, exercise prescription, and its monitoring/follow-up, the aim is to equip students with a superior capacity for professional intervention.
• ProgramaProgramme

  S1. Advanced physical and functional assessment protocols S2. Corrective exercise phases S3. Systematic touch training S4. Manual resistance training S5. Calisthenics training S6. Training with different equipments - machines, free weights, suspension, medicine balls, "Vipr", "rip training" and unstable platforms. S7. Planning and periodization of physical exercise S8. Assessment and exercise prescription in the context of chronic diseases and special conditions (pregnancy) S9. Demographics, epidemiology, active aging and functionality and assessment and exercise prescription in the elderly S10. Fundamentals of integrated training
• ObjectivosObjectives

  LO1: Know and apply the international physical and functional assessment protocols for adults, the elderly and for people with chronic pathologies and special conditions (eg. pregnant women).   LO2: Know and apply the physical exercise recommendations depending on each condition/pathology, namely, recommendations related to cardiorespiratory training, strength training and joint mobility training. LO3: Know and apply advanced personalized intervention techniques: systematic touch training and training with manual resistance. LO4: Know and apply the different materials/equipment for strength training: machines, free weights, suspension, medicine balls, "Vipr", "rip training", and others.  LO5: Know and apply the fundamentals of integrated training. LO6: Know and operationalize the different planning and periodization models of training. 
• BibliografiaBibliography

  - Raposo, F., Malveiro, C., & Batalau, R. Avaliação e Prescrição de Exercício em Condições e Populações Especiais. Vol. I. Edição: Fitness Academy. ISBN: 978-989-53576-7-3. 2023 - Raposo, F., Malveiro, C., & Batalau, R. Avaliação e Prescrição de Exercício em Condições e Populações Especiais. Vol. II. Fitness Academy. ISBN: 978-989-53576-6-6. 2023.  - ACSM Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 12th edition. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer. 2025. - Pezarat-Correia P, Mil-Homens P, Mendonça G. Treino de Força: Avaliação, Planeamento e Aplicações. Faculdade de Motricidade Humana. Vol. II. 2017. - Sutton B. NASM Essentials of Personal Fitness Training. Wolters Kluwer.Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Seventh Edition. 2021. - Bosch, F. Strength Training Coordenation. An Integrative Approach. Publishers. 2016. - Baptista, F. & Sardinha, L. Avaliação da Aptidão Física e do Equilíbrio de Pessoas Idosas. Baterias de Fullerton. Edições Faculdade de Motricidade Humana. 2005
• MetodologiaMethodology

  Teaching Methodologies: TM1: Content presentation TM2: Practical application (practice by role-play) TM3: Problem-based learning TM4: Guided discovery
• LínguaLanguage

  Português
• TipoType

  Semestral
• ECTS

  12
• NaturezaNature

  Optional
• EstágioInternship

  Não