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Single cycle degree course 6 years in
Medicine and surgery
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

SPORT MEDICINE
cod. 01751

Academic year 2024/25
4° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Valentina CANNONE
Academic discipline
Medicina interna (MED/09)
Field
Medicina delle attività motorie e del benessere
Type of training activity
Characterising
10 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
in ITALIAN
lectures timetable
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Integrated course unit module: ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC DISEASES, LIFESTYLES

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Learning objectives

Students will learn the preventive and therapeutic effect of physical exercise in different types of diseases, and be confident with the modality of prescription in different clinical situations.

Prerequisites

Knowledge of physiopathology, semeiotics and clinical methodology.

Course unit content

An overview with particular focus on the therapeutic role of physical exercise.
-Physical exercise as prevention and therapy of the main clinical syndromes in internal medicine. The physical exercise prescription in internal medicine. Overview of the "lifestyle" concept and interventions to promote its modification.

Full programme

Sports medicine: general overview.
Exercise as therapy and prevention. Effects of exercise and training on the main organs and systems. Inactivity and its effects on health.
The “lifestyle” concept. Interventions aimed at modifying lifestyle.
Cardiovascular disease: exercise as prevention and treatment.
Sport-therapy prescription in internal medicine, with particular focus on the main chronic diseases: hypertension, diabetes (type 1 and 2), dyslipidemia, obesity, metabolic syndrome, malignant cancer.

Bibliography

- Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans, 2nd edition
- Exercise training for patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease: What to pursue and how to do it. A Position Paper of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC)
- 2020 ESC guidelines on sports cardiology and exercise in patients with cardiovascular disease.
- Kumar and Clark's Clinical Medicine. 9th Edition. Elsevier 2017.

Teaching methods

Lectures

Assessment methods and criteria

Oral exam

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