Module Description Template
Title
Comments/notes
Exercise in Rehabilitation
Code
HEM 11
Level
7
Credit rating
20
Pre-requisites
Relevant health professional qualification normally at degree level
Type of module
One week intensive
Aims
.The module aims to help the student:
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Learning outcomes/objectives
increase their understanding of how exercise rehabilitation
interventions can produce beneficial adaptations or
counter adverse adaptations that arrive from pathology or
disuse.
consider the inter relationship of the various body systems
both physiological and psychological and how effective
exercise rehabilitation needs to be underpinned by such
knowledge.
By the end of the module, the student will be able to:1.Discuss in depth the physiology of muscle
2.Explain how muscle, cardiovascular and respiratory
physiology adapts through the life span, under the influence of
exercise and with disuse.
3.Critically evaluate and compare different methods of exercise
testing and prescription in the laboratory and the clinic.
4.Critically analyse and
rehabilitation
evaluate research
in
exercise
5.Apply current scientific theory to physiotherapy practice
Content
Muscle physiology,
the physiological basis of
muscle
metabolism (the aerobic , anaerobic continuum) energy supply,
a comparison of muscle metabolism and function throughout
the life span
Factors that control and limit aerobic and anaerobic
performance in the normal subject and in subjects with
common pathologies
The effects of disuse and the effectiveness of strategies
designed to limit or avoid such effects
Theory of specificity of exercise and its impact on the design of
therapeutic programs
An evaluation of recent research into the use of isometric,
isotonic and isokinetic exercise in effecting change in the
aerobic and aerobic capacity of muscle
Muscle plasticity
Measurement of human energy expenditure during rest and
physical activity
Evaluation of current methods of exercise testing and
prescription in the laboratory and the clinic.
Adherence to exercise
Teaching and learning
strategies
Guided independent preparation prior to the module
Lecture, tutorial, student and staff led seminars, laboratory practical.
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Learning support
Module handout, human movement laboratory and equipment,
studentcentral including discussion board to support coursework
Indicative Reading :ACSM Position Stand (2009) Progression models in resistance training for
healthy adults.
http// www.acsm-msse.org
Bruton, A. (2002) Muscle plasticity: response to training and detraining.
Physiotherapy 88, 7, 398-408
Borell, D., Nimmo, M. and Wood, L. (1996) Principles of Physiology. WB
Saunders Ltd
Burd, A. et al (2010) Resistance exercise volume affects myofibrillar
protein synthesis and anabolic signalling molecule phosphorylation in
young men. Journal of Physiology. 588 (16) 3119- 3130
Glynn, A. and Fiddler, H. (2009) The Physiotherapist’s Pocket Guide to
Exercise. Churchill Livingstone
Powers, S. and Howley, E. (2004) Exercise Physiology: Theory and
Application to Fitness and Performance: 5th edition. McGraw Hill
Ratamess, N. et al (2009) Progression models in resistance training for
healthy adults .
http// www.acsm-msse.org
Taylor, S. et al (2007) Therapeutic exercise in physiotherapy practice is
beneficial: a summary of systematic reviews. Australian Journal of
Physiotherapy. 53, 7-16
Whaley, M.H. (Ed) (2005)ACSM’s Guidelines for Exercise Testing and
Prescription. 7th Edition. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins
Assessment tasks
3000 word laboratory report (100% of the assessment task testing
learning outcomes 1-5)
Brief description of module
content and/or aims
(maximum 80 words)
This module takes as its theme the physiology of adaptation with
particular reference to the muscular, cardiovascular and respiratory
systems. Muscle and exercise physiology is reviewed in the light of recent
research alongside the way that normal physiology changes and adapts
under a variety of circumstances. The module helps students to increase
their understanding of how exercise interventions can produce beneficial
effects or counter adverse adaptations that arise from pathology or
disuse.
During the module students are expected to relate their academic
experience to their own professional practice. The module includes some
laboratory sessions.
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Area examination board to
which module relates
Module team/authors/
coordinator
Semester offered, where
appropriate
Site where delivered
School of Health Professions
Date of first approval
1994
Date of last revision
2006
Helen Fiddler, Angela Glynn
Two
Eastbourne
Date of approval of this version 2011
Version number
4
Replacement for previous
module
Course(s) for which module is
Core module for MSc Physiotherapy courses
acceptable and status in course
Optional module for GPHSS
School home
School of Health Professions
External examiner
Eileen Thornton (end of tenure September 2012)
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