Lecture Date
Week 1
1
January 20
2
TENTATIVE PHYSIOTHERAPY Lecture/Lab Schedule
Topic
Reading Assignment
W
Course Intro; Definitions;
ACSM Ch 1, 2, and 3; Append F
Pre-exercise screening, Risk stratification: Indications Vs. Contraindications
Lab 1A – Prescreening
25
M
ACSM 2 and 3; Append F
CD and handouts
27
W
Normal hemodynamic, musculoskeletal, and CR
responses to exercise and training;
Lab 1B – Prescreening case studies
1
M
CD and handouts
6
3
Week 4
7
8
8
10
Week 5
9
15
10
17
Week 6
11
22
12
24
Week 7
13
March 1
14
3
Week 8
15
8
16
10
Week 9
W
Pathophysiology of coronary artery disease
Abnormal hemodynamic, musculoskeletal, and CR responses
Lab 2 – Resting Cardiovascular Measures; Blood profile
M
W
Clinical exercise testing I: Clinical exercise testing
EXAM 1
M
W
Lab 3 – Clinical Exercise Testing; Lab 2 (con’t)
Clinical exercise testing II: Diagnostic Testing for CAD
M
W
Metabolic Calculations – Lab 4 Handout HOMEWORK!!!!
Appendix D
Lab 5 – Blood pressure, Submaximal Fitness Testing, body composition, flexibility
M
W
Metabolic Calculations
Metabolic Calculations; GXT interpretation and analysis
M
W
Lab Day – work on Lab 3 or Lab 4!!!!- OR Review
EXAM 2
Week 2
3
4
Week 3
5
Feb
ACSM Chap 5
Appendix D
Appendix D; ACSM 6
March 15th through 19th Spring Break!!!!
Week 10
19
20
Week 11
21
22
Week 12
23
April
24
Week 13
27
28
Week 14
29
30
Week 15
29
30
Week 16
29
May
30
22
24
M
W
Lab6 – Clinical Graded Exercise Testing - 12-lead ECG and rhythm strip practice
Basics of electrocardiography: systematic ECG evaluation
Dunbar Ch1, 7 and 8; Handouts
29
31
M
W
Basics of electrocardiography: systematic ECG evaluation
ECG: Axis, Conduction, Hypertrophy (Lab 6 Handout)
Dunbar Ch1, 7 and 8
Dunbar Chap 8-9, 10
5
7
M
W
ECG: Arrythmias: Supraventricular and Ventricular
ECG: Ischemia and Infarction; ECG:
Dunbar Chap 2-4
Dunbar Chap 11, 14
12
14
M
W
Electrolyte and/ or drug effects; PRACTICE Lab
Lab – Putting it all together: Mock Graded Exercise Testing Drill
Dunbar Chap 12
19
21
M
W
EXAM 3
Drug effect on the cardiovascular system during exercise
26
27
M
W
Basic Principles of Exercise Prescription and in cardiac and pulmonary disease
Exercise Prescription for Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, and Metabolic Diseases
3
5
M
W
7
10
11
R
M
T
Exercise Prescription for Cardiovascular, Pulmonary, and Metabolic Diseases
Case studies – putting it all together
Case studies practice for final practical – 3 GXTs due
FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE
PRACTICAL FINAL EXAM Group 1: 11:30 to 2:00 PM
PRACTICAL FINAL EXAM Group 2: 9:00 to 12:00 AM
PRACTICAL FINAL EXAM Group 3: 3:00 to 5:30 PM
Week 17
May
May
May
ACSM 7-10