Learning Outcomes
Students are expected upon the successive completion of the course:
• To understand the fundamental principles of exercise testing and fitness assessment
• Το know the biological and physiological factors that affect physical abilities
• Βe able to link the physiology/function of the body's systems to tests for physical fitness assessment
• To identify the criteria for the selection of fitness tests and batteries
• To acquire theoretical and practical skills to perform specific testing batteries in the laboratory and in the field for the assessment of cardio-respiratory fitness (endurance), anaerobic capacity, speed, strength, join flexibility, basic metabolism, and body composition
• Be able to apply the results of physical fitness assessment to design and evaluation exercise programs
Course Content (Syllabus)
Introduction to exercise testing, energy expenditure, biological and physiological parameters that influence cardiorespiratory fitness, principals of ergospirometry, assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness in general population (theory-lab), assessment of cardiorespiratory fitness in athletes (theory-lab), field assessment of cardiorespiratory (theory-practice), determination of anaerobic threshold, exercise prescription for aerobic fitness, biological and physiological parameters that influence anaerobic capacity, assessment of anaerobic capacity (theory-lab), assessment of body composition (theory-lab), assessment of anthropometrical characteristics (theory-lab), assessment of resting energy expenditure (theory-lab), assessment of muscle power and work (theory-lab), batteries for assessment of physical fitness in children and adults.
Keywords
exercise testing, aerobic, anaerobic, endurance, strength, flexibility, training
Course Bibliography (Eudoxus)
(ι) ΕΡΓΟΜΕΤΡΙΑ - ΚΛΕΙΣΟΥΡΑΣ Β., ΓΕΛΑΔΑΣ Ν., ΚΟΣΚΟΛΟΥ Μ., ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΠΑΣΧΑΛΙΔΗΣ, 2015
(ιι) ΚΑΤΕΥΘΥΝΣΕΙΣ ΣΧΕΔΙΑΣΜΟΥ ΠΡΟΓΡΑΜΜΑΤΩΝ ΑΣΚΗΣΗΣ ΚΑΙ ΑΞΙΟΛΟΓΗΣΗΣ, ΑΜΕΡΙΚΑΝΙΚΗ ΑΘΛΗΤΙΑΤΡΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ACSM (EΠΙΣΤ. ΕΠΙΜ. ΤΑΞΙΛΔΑΡΗΣ Κ. ΤΖΙΑΜΟΥΡΤΑΣ Α. ΦΑΤΟΥΡΟΣ Ι, ΑΘΛΟΤΥΠΟ ΧΡ. ΙΩΑΝΝΟΥ ΑΙΜ. ΓΚΟΛΕΜΗΣ Ο.Ε, 2007