ERGOGENIC AIDS - SPORTS NUTRITION
| Title | ΕΡΓΟΓΟΝΑ ΒΟΗΘΗΜΑΤΑ-ΑΘΛΗΤΙΚΗ ΔΙΑΤΡΟΦΗ / ERGOGENIC AIDS - SPORTS NUTRITION |
| Code | ΚΜΕ10 |
| Faculty | Physical Education and Sport Science |
| School | Physical Education and Sports Sciences (Thessaloniki) |
| Cycle / Level | 2nd / Postgraduate |
| Teaching Period | Winter |
| Coordinator | Nikolaos Koutlianos |
| Common | No |
| Status | Active |
| Course ID | 600015388 |
Programme of Study: PMS ANTHRŌPINĪ APODOSĪ (2021-sīmera)
Registered students: 27
| Orientation | Attendance Type | Semester | Year | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEGISTOPOIĪSĪ TĪS ANTHRŌPINĪS APODOSĪS | Elective Course belonging to the selected specialization (Elective Specialization Course) | Winter | - | 10 |
| Academic Year | 2025 – 2026 |
| Class Period | Winter |
| Faculty Instructors |
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| Weekly Hours | 3 |
| Total Hours | 39 |
| Class ID | 600288955
|
Course Type 2021
Specialization / Direction
Mode of Delivery
- Face to face
- Distance learning
Digital Course Content
Language of Instruction
- Greek (Instruction, Examination)
Prerequisites
General Prerequisites
There is no obligation to follow successfully any other course in order to follow ergogenic aids/sports nutrition
Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the course, the student will know the basic principles of nutritional support in sports and able to distinguish the ergogenic aids and the nutritional supplements in:
i. effective and placebo
ii. safe and dangerous
iii. legal and illegal
General Competences
- Apply knowledge in practice
- Retrieve, analyse and synthesise data and information, with the use of necessary technologies
- Adapt to new situations
- Make decisions
- Work autonomously
- Work in an interdisciplinary team
- Generate new research ideas
- Be critical and self-critical
- Advance free, creative and causative thinking
Course Content (Syllabus)
1. Introduction in ergogenic aids and nutritional issues in sports
2. Basic principles of sports nutrition
3. Sports nutrition in developmental ages
4. Special issues in sports nutrition
5. Legal nutritional supplements in sports (General review)
6. The effect of legal ergogenic aids on human performance
7. Pre-, during and post-competition nutrition
8. Nutritional disorders in athletes
9. Doping
10. The effect of doping substances and methods on human performance
11. The effect of doping substances and methods on health
12. Presentation of projects - Updated data discussion
13. Presentation of projects - Updated data discussion - course conclusions
Keywords
ergogenic aids, sports nutrition, doping
Educational Material Types
- Slide presentations
Use of Information and Communication Technologies
Use of ICT
- Use of ICT in Course Teaching
- Use of ICT in Communication with Students
Description
Use of powerpoint for teaching purpose and communication with the students via e-mail and e-learning
Course Organization
| Activities | Workload | ECTS | Individual | Teamwork | Erasmus |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lectures | 39 | ✓ | |||
| Reading Assigment | 60 | ✓ | |||
| Project | 75 | ✓ | |||
| Written assigments | 86 | ✓ | |||
| Total | 260 |
Student Assessment
Description
1. Final written exam (40%)
2. Personal essay (20%)
3. Powerpoint presentation (20%)
4. Active participation in class (20%)
Student Assessment methods
- Written Exam with Multiple Choice Questions (Summative)
- Written Exam with Short Answer Questions (Summative)
- Written Assignment (Summative)
- Performance / Staging (Summative)
Bibliography
Additional bibliography for study
1. Adami, P.E., Koutlianos, N., Baggish, A., et al. (2022). Cardiovascular effects of doping substances, commonly prescribed medications and ergogenic aids in relation to sports: a position statement of the sport cardiology and exercise nucleus of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology. Eur J Prev Cardiol 29: 559–575, 2022. doi:10.1093/eurjpc/zwab198.
2. Deligiannis A, H. Björnstad, F. Carre, et al. ESC Study Group of Sports Cardiology Position Paper on adverse cardiovascular effects of doping in athletes. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 13: 687-694, 2006.
3. Gurley BJ, Steelman SC, Thomas SL. Multi-ingredient, caffeine-containing dietary supplements: history, safety, and efficacy. Clin Ther 37: 275-301, 2015.
4. La Gerche A, Brosnan MJ. Cardiovascular Effects of Performance-Enhancing Drugs. Circulation 135: 89-99, 2017.
5. Maughan RJ, Burke LM, Dvorak J, et al. IOC consensus statement: dietary supplements and the high-performance athlete. Br J Sports Med 52: 439-55, 2018.
6. World Anti-Doping Code. WADA, 2021.
7. Prohibited List. WADA, 2022
Last Update
09-06-2023
