Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"

- The basis of the two Sport Ethics principle: fairness and sport as an arena for individual self-fulfilment:
- Fairness refers to practising a sport while faithfully respecting the rules of competition, and to providing everyone with an equal chance of taking part in sport.
- Sport should be an arena for self-fulfilment in which everyone is given the opportunity for self-development and self-control according to their potential and interests.
- Management of ethical relations with institutions, associations and families.
- Knowledge of the main rules of bioethics regarding physical activity.
- Ability to recognize and solve ethical hard choice

"The Ethics of Sports Coaching", edited by A. Hardman, Routledge, 2010

Below a brief syllabus of the course: (programma)
the Italian sporting system;
the sources of the Italian sporting system;
persons;
employment contract for the performance of sport activity;
sponsorship;
television rights;
civil liability in relation with the performance of sport activities;
civil liability of the doctor of sport athletes;
doping;
sporting system jurisdiction.

Liotta – Santoro “Lezioni di diritto sportive”, Milano 2009 (Extracts), with lecture notes for students in English;
Yasser – Mc Curdy – Goplerud – Wetson, “Sports Law – Cases and Materials, 2003 (Extracts);
Articles (from Law Magazine).

Kinematic Concepts
Kinetic Concepts
Vector Algebra
Linear and Angular Reference Systems
Linear and Angular Kinematics: Position/Distance/Velocity
Linear and Angular Kinematics: Acceleration
Linear and Angular Kinematics:
Projectile Motion
Projectile motion problems
Linear Kinetics: Force/Pressure
Linear Kinetics: Weight/Center of Gravity
Linear Kinetics: Friction/ Momentum/Impulse
Linear Kinetics: Work/Power
Fluid Movement
Angular Kinetics
Torque
Statics: equilibrium
Lever
Lever in the human body

Vladimir M. Zatsiorsky, Kinetics of Human Motion, Human Kinetics Publisher, April 2002.
Hay, J. The biomechanics of sport techniques. (2nd. ed.). Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall.
Hall, Susan. Basic Biomechanics. 4th Ed. St. Louis: WCB McGraw-Hill, 2002.

The course explores a series of pedagogical experiments relevant to most of the behavioral sciences and their applications in physical health and promotion.
Main Contents:
1.Experimental research in the educative field and its methodologies.
2.Phases, techniques and tools of classical experimentation and observative research
3.Systematic observation in the analysis of formative communication.
4. Use of computer tools for data collection and experimental research
5.The professional trainer as a researcher.

At the end of the course, students will gain familiarity with a repertoire of many research techniques, as well as skills in computer utilization. Students will be able to explain and critically analyze the most of research articles in literature.
Moreover students should be able to function in applied and basic research academic and industry jobs as such as academic research and teaching, statistics, consulting, program evaluation, etc.
Ability in measurement and evaluation can provide employment opportunities according to the current social emphasis on increasing standards of performance, equality of opportunity and accountability in the delivery of human services, such as physical activity and health promotion.

Teacher will provide a lot of material, lecture, readings and articles.

Program:
1. Physical activity and health promotion in infancy. Research and theory in early perceptual, cognitive, and social/emotional development, with particular attention to the interaction of biological and environmental factors in early life.
2. Physical activity and health promotion in childhood. Children's cognition, perception, representation, language, affect, personality, and sexuality.
3. Physical activity and health promotion in adolescence. Theoretical and empirical studies of personality and social development processes in adolescence.
4. Physical activity and health promotion in adulthood and the lifespan. Theories of adult development.
5. Physical activity influence on children's cognitive development: current evidence and research issues.
Students will acquire the skills to prevent disease and promote health education in advanced programs affecting individual growth and development.

Texts
Teacher will provide a lot of material, lecture, readings and articles.

The central theme of the course is the ethics of communication in health care organizations (public, private and third sector) with particular reference to the narratives of organizations (storytelling, metaphor), organizational empowerment, methods of active listening (open space technology, action planning) and the tools of Web 2.0

Volterrani A. Ethics and responsibility in social communication. Proposals for a
community media practices, paper

Pharmacokinetics: drug absorption, distribution, metabolism, and elimination
Pharmacodynamics: molecular mechanisms of drug action
Drug toxicity
Drug interactions
Pharmacogenetics: genetic variation that gives rise to different response to drugs. both in terms of therapeutic effect as well as adverse effects
Drug development. drug discovery/product development, pre-clinical research and clinical trials
Inflammation and anti-inflammatory drugs
Anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic agents: Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NAID), Corticosteroids.
Hormones and growth factors
Growth Hormone (GH), anabolic steroids, erythropoietin, insulin, Insulin-like growth factor
Physical activities and drug interactions: how physical activity produces cardiovascular adaptations that increase exercise capacity. How exercise may alter drug pharmacokinetics and action or may prevent chronic diseases.
Nutritional supplements and their adverse effects

Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics, Laurence L. Brunton, Bruce A. Chabner, Björn C. Knollmann 12th edition 2011,The McGraw-Hill Companies
Drugs in sport, Edited by David R Mottram, 5th edition 2010, Routledge Francis and Taylor group

General aspects of the sensory systems and psychophysical laws.
Somatosensory system. Morphofunctional characteristics of tactile mechanoreceptors, muscle spindles, Golgi tendon organs, thermal receptors and nociceptors. Central processing of somatosensory information. Functional organization of the primary and secondary somatosensory cortices.
Vision. Retinal function and phototransduction. Central processing of visual information. Parallel processing of motion, shapes and color.
Motor systems. Organization principles of motor control: Feed-forward and feed-back control. Hierarchical organization.
Spinal functions. Reflex responses: the stretch reflex, the withdrawal (flexion) reflex. Neurophysiological basis of locomotion.
Vestibular system. Functional anatomy of the vestibular organs. Central processing. Vestibulo-spinal and vestibulo-ocular reflex.
The cerebellum. Anatomo-functional organization. Basic circuitry of the cerebellar cortex. Cerebellar role in motor control. Procedural learning.
Basal Ganglia. Functional organization of cortico-striatal loops. Decision-making. Reward learning
Postural control. Multisensory integration and control strategies.
Oculomotor control. Saccadic and pursuit systems.
Cortical control of goal-directed movements. Functional organization of the primary motor cortex. Pre-motor areas and visuo-motor coordination.

Purves. Neuroscience. 4th edition. Sinauer associates

The course will be divided in two parts. The topics of the first part will cover an overall analysis of the research process, from finding a research hypothesis and defining a suitable topic to perform literature surveys using available med lines. The students will learn how to conduct the research to test the hypothesis and how to select different research methods and experimental models. A number of examples known form the literature will be analyzed.
The second part of the course will provide insights on the laboratory techniques that are recommended for the analysis of a biomedical research project. These will include the more common biochemical and immunological methods and a description of the most used cellular and animal models.

Research Methodology in the Medical and Biological Sciences by Laake et al.

Nutrition and the Human Body
Carbohydrates, Lipids, Proteins, Vitamins, Minerals
Nutrition Guidelines
Nutrients Important to Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
Nutrients Important As Antioxidants
Nutrients Important for Bone Health
Nutrients Important for Metabolism and Blood Function
Energy Balance and Body Weight and Body composition
Nutrition through the Life Cycle: From Childhood to the Elderly Years
Nutrition and Society: Food Politics and Perspectives
Achieving Optimal Health: Wellness and Nutrition
Digestion, absorption, and metabolizing of foods
Food and Fitness Trends
Nutrition and Health: A Global Concern

Fitness Nutrition Special Dietary Needs, Authors, Stella Lucia Volpe, Sara Bernier Sabelawsk, i, Christopher Mohr - Amazon.com
Fitness Nutrition for Unique Dietary Needs, Authors, Stella Volpe, Sara Bernier Sabelawski, Christopher Mohr - Amazon.com
Nutrition: From Science to You, by Joan Salge Blake, Kathy D. Munoz, Stella Volpe

Analysis laboratory. Description of the various areas considered in a laboratory for analysis. Clinical analyzes of base covered: blood count, hematocrit, serum bilirubin.
The study of the above analysis is carried out through a path: biochemical, biological and pathophysiological.

WIDMANN, Interpretazione degli esami di laboratorio, The McGraw-Hill Companies, srl Ultima Edizione

Atherosclerosis. Endothelial function, Hypertension, Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin resistance. Hyperlipidemia, Diabetes, Osteoporosis.

Lecture notes provided by the teacher.

benefits of low intensity aerobic ecxercise in health elderly people
effect of aerobic execise on microcirculatory function
effects of low intensity aerobic exercise on the autonomic nervous modulation in older people -postural control in elferly people
falls prevention in elferly people, multisciplinary strategies
effects of Tai Chi Chuan exercise on mood, sleep, balance, gait, falls, fear of falls
effects of physical activity in people with Parkinson disease, multiple sclerosis and Fybromialgia
effects of Tai Chi Chuan in children with ADHD

E. Cristhou at al
TaiJi training improves knee exstensor strength on force control in older adults
j. Gerontology medical science 2001 Vol 58 N° 8 763-66
N. Kurtner at al
Self -report benefits of Tai Chi practice by older adults
J. Gerontology B. Psychologic. Sci. Soc; 1997; 52: 242-6
F. Iellamo
Neural control of the cardiovascular system during exercise
Ital. Heart J. 2001; 2 (3); 200-12
J. Fletcher at al
stetment on exercise; benefits and recomendations for physical activity programs for all american people, Circulation . 1996; 94, 857-62
N. Alexander
Postural control in older adults
J. Am. Geriatric. Soc. 1994; 42; 93-108
S. Arent at al.
The effects of exercise on mood in older adults; a meta-analityc review
J. Aging Physical Activity 2000; 407-30
C. Lan at al
Cardiorespiratory function, flexibility and body composition among geritaric Tai Chi paractioners
Arch. Physical and Medicine Rehabilitation. 1996; 77, 612-6
F.Li at al
Tai Chi; improving functional balance and predicting subsequent falls in older persons
Medicine& Science in Sports & Exercise. 2004; vol 36 2046-52
W. Tsang
Tai Chi improves standing balance control postural under reduced or conflicting sensory conditions
Arch. Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. 2004; vol 85; 295-300

Nozioni di anatomia e fisiologia del cuore e della circolazione ( grande e piccola circolazione, struttura e funzione atrioventricolare, la pressione e il polso arterioso)
Nozioni di anatomia e fisiologia dell’apparato respiratorio ( anatomia topografica del torace, la ventilazione polmonare, l’ossigenazione)
L’arresto cardiaco: prevenzione, cause e riconoscimento ( il dolore cardiaco, l’arresto del respiro e del battito, la perdita di coscienza)
Catena della sopravvivenza: sequenza del BLSD (Basic Life Support and Defibrillation)
Messa in sicurezza (propria, dell’ambiente e del paziente)
Catena della sopravvivenza e sua sequenza
( riconoscimento dell’arresto cardiaco e attivazione del Sistema di Emergenza, RCP – rianimazione cardiopolmonare precoce- e compressioni toraciche esterne, apertura delle vie aeree e ventilazione polmonare)
Catena della sopravvivenza: sequenza del BLSD
Uso corretto e indicazioni del defibrillatore automatico (indicazioni e uso, preparazione del torace, posizionameno delle placche adesive, sicurezza della scena, erogazione delio shock)

RIANIMAZIONE CARDIO POLMONARE; DEFIBRILLAZIONE PRECOCE PER OPERATORE LAICO
AREU 118 SOCCORSO SANITARIO

Il presente materiale in dotazione del docente verrà fornito agli studenti, unitamente al materiale didattico in PDF.

The didactic curriculum is designed to provide basis in Emergency medical procedures.
This course will review the most common medical emergencies and their underlying causes, pathophysiology, and treatment. Upon conclusion of this course, participants will be prepared to successfully cooperate with other health professionals to diagnose, stabilize, and treat the majority of acute medical conditions.

Lecture notes provided by the teacher.

General principles of exercise
Acute cardiorespiratory responses to different types of exercise and their underlying mechanisms
Effects of physical activity on cardiovascular system, metabolism and hormones: sport as profilaxis and therapy
Cardiac Rehabilitation: general principles and guidelines
Cardiac Rehabilitation: practical aspects and rehabilitation programs
Physical actity in ageing population
Cardiovascular adaptations to training in top class athletes

Buono P., Bucci M., Calcagno G., Capaldo B., Condorelli DF., Corigliano G., Liguori G., Martone D., Orrù S., Pigozzi F., Riccardi G., Tafuri D., Valerio G.
"Attività Fisica per la Salute" Editore: Idelson-Gnocchi, 2009.

General principles of exercise
Acute cardiorespiratory responses to different types of exercise and their underlying mechanisms
Effects of physical activity on cardiovascular system, metabolism and hormones: sport as profilaxis and therapy
Cardiac Rehabilitation: general principles and guidelines
Cardiac Rehabilitation: practical aspects and rehabilitation programs
Physical actity in ageing population
Cardiovascular adaptations to training in top class athletes

Buono P., Bucci M., Calcagno G., Capaldo B., Condorelli DF., Corigliano G., Liguori G., Martone D., Orrù S., Pigozzi F., Riccardi G., Tafuri D., Valerio G.
"Attività Fisica per la Salute" Editore: Idelson-Gnocchi, 2009.

The Fundamental Principles of training methodologies
Purpose of the functional assessment of motor activity
Scientific basis of the movement sports assessment
Evaluation and control of training
Laboratory and Field Tests
Objectives of the Functional Tests
Assessment Methods and Techniques
Kinematic and dynamic analysis
Units of Measurement
Assessment Devices

Notes and scientific papers provided by the teacher

Concept of training: theory and methodology. Relationship training - performance - assessment. Principles of adaptation to exercise. Pedagogical principles. Requirement of Performance: motor skills and training load. Physiological adaptations. Neuromuscular training: muscle strength (assumptions, rules and principles of training). Training staff - Metabolic aerobic endurance and anaerobic (assumptions, rules and principles of training). Complex concept of fatigue. Work on 'overaching, over training. Tapering. Detraining. Cuncurrent training. Exercise and well-being.

Handouts provided by the teacher.