HL30559: Exercise prescription
[Page last updated: 23 October 2023]
| Academic Year: | 2023/24 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department for Health |
| Credits: | 7.5 [equivalent to 15 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 150 |
| Level: | Honours (FHEQ level 6) |
| Period: |
- Semester 2
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| Assessment Summary: | EXCB 100% |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
Before taking this module you must ( take HL20534 OR take HL20535 ) AND take HL20536 AND ( take HL20537 OR take HL20538 )
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| Learning Outcomes: |
- Discuss current guidelines and recommendations for physical activity and exercise across different population groups.
- Describe components of fitness and outline and explain appropriate exercise for developing these components of fitness.
- Describe exercise testing protocols and discuss critical issues and practical considerations for exercise testing.
- Analyse and evaluate individualised exercise programmes and appraise potential contra-indications that may occur for certain exercises.
- Design evidence-based exercise programmes for individuals or population groups.
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| Aims: | To explore the evidence underpinning the development and implementation of individualised exercise programmes in order to design programmes and evaluate their use.
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| Content: | Lectures (and recommended readings) will cover a range of relevant topics, including physical activity policies, guidelines and recommendations. This will include a Guest Lecture, providing an overview of the UK Moving Medicine initiative, designed to aid healthcare professionals in prescribing exercise to their patients and the wider public.
Content will cover aspects of exercise programme design, including issues of Frequency, Intensity, Time and Type. These will be linked to specific desired functional outcomes, including, strength, stability and cardiorespiratory fitness etc. In particular, the unit will provide empirical evidence for the development of effective exercise guidelines and prescriptions for specific populations, from children and adolescents to highly functional adults (e.g. personnel employed in Uniformed Services) and adult populations with specific limitations (e.g. older adults, overweight individuals, clinical populations).
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| Course availability: |
HL30559 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:
Department for Health
- UHHL-AFB21 : BSc(Hons) Health and Exercise Science (Year 3)
- UHHL-AKB21 : BSc(Hons) Health and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 4)
- UHHL-AFB22 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Year 3)
- UHHL-ACB22 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Combined Professional Placement and Study Abroad (Year 4)
- UHHL-AAB22 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHHL-AKB22 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 4)
- UHHL-AFM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Year 3)
- UHHL-ACM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Combined Professional Placement and Study Abroad (Year 4)
- UHHL-AAM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Study year abroad (Year 4)
- UHHL-AKM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 4)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2023/24 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2024/25 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2023/24.
- Courses and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
- Find out more about these and other important University terms and conditions here.
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