The objective of the course is to teach students how to assess physical capacity and intensity of movement; to train students to identify different environmental conditions affecting working ability.
Students will also be taught specific competencies: Understanding of biological energy systems for movement and work.
Knowledge of methods for evaluating the level of intensity of different movements.
Measurement and evaluation of energy consumption for a particular movement.
Identification of key environmental factors that may affect energy consumption in a particular movement.
Knowledge of body temperature assessment techniques. Determination of the level of physical dehydration.
Understanding the health threat and the negative effects of work under difficult working conditions. Knowledge of the key preventive measure to reduce the health risk caused by overload under difficult working conditions.
Transfer of newly acquired knowledge to different populations with risk factors.
Energy systems in muscles and their interaction under different operating conditions. Basal metabolism and bioenergy.
Processes in tissues during physical activity (anaerobic and aerobic glycosis, oxidative energy system).
Efficiency of muscle activity and oxygen consumption.
Environmental conditions affecting energy demand during operation (temperature, humidity, light, gravity, atmospheric pressure).
Internal factors affecting the working capacity and evaluation methods (dehydration, hyperthermia, hypoglycaemia, hypoxaemia, etc.).
The role of cardiovascular and respiratory systems in meeting the thermoregulatory and metabolic requirements of organs active during physical activity.
Laboratory and field methods for estimating and measuring energy consumption during movement. Protective measures against health risk due to overload in difficult working conditions.
The physical burden and burden in individual populations at increased risk (children, the elderly, pregnancy, cardiovascular patients, pulmonary patients, diabetes patients, metabolic disorders, etc.).
Obavezna literatura:
Astrand PO, Rodahl K, Dahl HA. Textbook of Work Physiology. 4. izd. Champaign, Illinois, SAD: Human Kinetics; 2003.
McArdle WD, Katch Fl, Katch VL. Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition and Human Performance. 6. izd. Philadelphia, SAD: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2006.
Prezentacije i bilješke s predavanja
Dopunska literatura:
Levick JR. An Introduction to Cardiovascular Physiology. 4. izd. Oxford, UK: Butterworth-Heineman; 2003.
Hlastala MP, Berger AJ. Physiology of Respiration. 2. izd. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; 2001.
Frontera WR, Dawson DM, Slavik OM. Exercise in Rehabilitation Medicine. 2. izd. Champaign, Illinois, SAD: Human Kinetics; 2006.
American College of Sports Medicine. ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription. 7. izd. Philadelphia, UK: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 2005.
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Describe the bioenergetics in the body during physical activity
- Define the mechanisms behind the differences in work abilities among individuals
- Analyze the effects of environmental factors on human performance
- Describe potential adverse health effects when working in demanding conditions
- Assess cardiovascular and respiratory regulation during physical activity
- Apply newly acquired knowledge about bioenergy and environmental impact to different populations at increased risk