Course: Functional Exercise in PT

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Course title Functional Exercise in PT
Course code FYT/PTE01
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Gaul Aláčová Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1.Theoretical basics of functional exercise in PT, indication, contraindication of body load. 2.Exercise to restore and maintain muscle balance, the analytical approach according to individual muscle groups with the focus on muscles with a tendency to hyperactivity and shortening. 3.Exercise to restore and maintain muscle balance, the analytical approach according to individual muscle groups with the focus on muscles with a tendency to hypoactivity and slackness. 4.Exercise to restore postural activities (balance training, equilibrium exercises). 5.Aerobic load and its use for cardiorespiratory training. The total hours for the course is 27, of which in-person classes 10 and home-prep classes 17.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course of functional exercise in PT introduces a student into the basic possibilities of physical exercises used in a healthy population with an emphasis on their health benefits.
A student will acquire basic skills, coaching, and building of individual and group fitness units.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Elaboration of seminar paper on the given topic.
Recommended literature
  • HACKNEY, Anthony C. (2016). Exercise, sport, and bioanalytical chemistry: principles and practice. Research Triangle Park, NC, USA: RTI International.
  • Janda, V. (1983). Muscle function testing. Boston: Butterworths.
  • PAGE, Phillip, Clare C. FRANK a Robert LARDNER. (2010). Assessment and treatment of muscle imbalance: the Janda approach. Champaign.: Human Kinetics.
  • SMITH, Denise L. a Bo. FERNHALL. (2011). Advanced cardiovascular exercise physiology. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.


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