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EXERCISE IN MOUNTAIN ENVIRONMENT

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Academic year
2019/2020
Teacher
ANNALUISA COGO
Credits
3
Didactic period
Secondo Semestre
SSD
MED/10

Training objectives

Starting from the knowledge of mountain climate and adaptations of the human body, students will be able to understand the changes of athletic performance at altitude and the prevention of acute mountain sickness. With these knowledges, students will be able to plan and manage a correct acclimatization schedule, an adequate nutrition for performance at altitude and programs of training for high altitude competitions and competitions at sea level.

Prerequisites

Basic of biochemistry and physics. Basic knowledge of human physiology

Course programme

High altitude environment. Compensatory responses. Acute Mountain Sickness. History of High Altitude Physiology. Nutrition. Training. People and animals adapted to high altitude.

Didactic methods

Lectures

Learning assessment procedures

Written multiple-choice examination. 31 questions. 90 minutes
1 mark for each correct answer; ½ mark for each incomplete answer

Reference texts

All slides utilized are provided
A.Cogo, Medicina e Salute in Montagna, Ed. Hoepli, 2015