Learning Outcomes
Primary goal of this course is to provide all the necessary theoretical and practical information for the understanding of general and specific topics of Sports Medicine.
Thus, the functional changes and adaptations from exercise training, as well as the effects of detraining in both athletes and patients of any age will be taught. Additionally, important questions, such as common disorders during exercise and first aids, as well as the health risks from the use of ergogenic aids will be discussed in depth.
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. Sports science – content and aim
2. Acute responses and adaptations to exercise training
3. Preparticipation screening of athletes- Evaluation of functional capacity
4. Exercise and the environment
5. Exercise and child, woman, aged and general population
6. Exercise training as a therapeutic modality in diseases
7. Sports Nutrition
8. Infections and hygiene
9. Athletic injuries
10. Sudden cardiac death and exercise
11. First aids- Resuscitation– organisation of the sports medicine centre - content of the pharmacy used in sports
12. Exercise-induced syndromes- symptoms – systemic disorders
13. Ergogenic aids- Doping in sports
Additional bibliography for study
Κατά τη διάρκεια των διαλέξεων προτείνονται νεώτερες βιβλιογραφίες.
1.Christou GA, Kouidi EJ, Anifanti MA, Sotiriou PG, Koutlianos NA, Deligiannis AP. Pathophysiological mechanisms of noncardiac syncope in athletes.Int J Cardiol. 2016 Dec 1;224:20-26.
2. Triantafyllidis A, Filos D, Claes J, Buys R, Cornelissen V, Kouidi E, Chouvarda I, Maglaveras N. Computerised decision support in physical activity interventions: A systematic literature review. Int J Med Inform. 2018 Mar;111:7-16.
3. Sotiriou P, Kouidi E, Karagiannis A, Koutlianos N, Geleris P, Vassilikos V, Deligiannis A. Arterial adaptations in athletes of dynamic and static sports disciplines - a pilot study.Clin Physiol Funct Imaging. 2019 May;39(3):183-191.
4. Pagourelias ED, Kouidi E, Vassilikos VP.Recommendations for participation in competitive sport in athletes with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: opening the sacks of Aeolus.Eur Heart J. 2019 Sep 21;40(36):3064.