Skills related to the physiology of physical activity about motor control and ergometabolic function in normal and special conditions
Knowledge of physics, biochemistry and biology
Interactive lectures
Written test with open and closed questions
Nervous system (general organization, somatosensory system, nociception, specific sensory systems, higher cognitive functions, autonomic nervous system)
Motor control (motor system, descending motor pathways, voluntary movement, basal nuclei, cerebellum, posture)
Muscle physiology (skeletal muscle, muscle contraction, muscle strength, muscle power, rate of shortening, type of muscle actions)
Integrated heart-lung-muscle complex during exercise
Skeletal muscle metabolism, energy sources and biochemistry of muscle contraction
Anaerobic metabolism, thresholds, lactate curve, cardiopulmonary test
