The aim of this module is to provide the student with a theoretical background and evidence supporting the prescription of physical activity and exercise for the treatment and prevention of common chronic diseases.
https://www.tcd.ie/medicine/physiotherapy/postgraduate/online-certificate-in-clinical-exercise/
On successful completion of this module students should be able to:
• Compare and contrast different approaches to exercise rehabilitation
• Identify contraindications to exercise and potential threats to the safety of exercise testing and implementation of exercise programs
• Explain the effects of medication on exercise response
• Modify a typical exercise prescription to suit a child/adolescent/elderly client
• Describe modifications to exercise prescriptions which accommodate people with a cognitive disorders
• Describe the role of exercise in the prevention of chronic disease processes
• Describe the benefits of exercise in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular and metabolic disease
• Explain exercise as a treatment tool for patients with respiratory disease
• Explain exercise as a treatment tool for patients with cancer
• Explain exercise as a treatment tool for patients with chronic musculoskeletal disease
This course is open to those with an honors primary degree in Physiotherapy, Medicine, Nursing, Occupational Therapy, Nutrition/Dietetics and Physiology. Applicants with other qualifications will be assessed on an individual basis by the course selection panel.
Session titles:
1. Safety of exercise specific to clinical populations and the effects of medications on exercise prescription
2. Exercise modifications for children and adolescents / the elderly
3. Exercise modifications for those with cognitive disorders
4. Exercise in the prevention and treatment of cardiovascular disease and metabolic disease
5. Exercise in the prevention and treatment of respiratory disease
6. Exercise in the prevention and treatment of chronic musculoskeletal disease
7. Exercise in the prevention and treatment of cancer
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