2017/18 Undergraduate Module Catalogue
SPSC2302 Exercise Physiology in Sport, Health and Disease
20 creditsClass Size: 90
Module manager: Dr Carrie Ferguson
Email: C.Ferguson@leeds.ac.uk
Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable
Year running 2017/18
Pre-requisite qualifications
Successful completion of Level 1 inSports Science and Physiology
or
Sport and Exercise Sciences
Pre-requisites
| SPSC1220 | Foundations of Physiology |
| SPSC1221 | Cardio-respiratory Physiology and Exercise |
This module is mutually exclusive with
| BMSC2216 | Exercise Physiology in Health and Disease |
Module replaces
SPSC 2071, SPSC 2072This module is not approved as a discovery module
Module summary
This module integrates basic concepts and contemporary scientific information to provide a foundation for the understanding of nutrition, energy transfer, and acute and chronic responses to exercise in sport, health and disease. The systems-led module will explore the energy and metabolism, pulmonary, cardiovascular and neuromuscular systems required to sustain exercise. The adaptations of these systems in response to exercise training will also be discussed. Discussing the role of environmental factors on exercise performance will be used to highlight the basic principles of exercise physiology. The role of exercise in the maintenance of health, weight management, cardiovascular and muscular health, and ageing will emphasize the integrated functioning of physiological systems. Students will have the opportunity to make their own estimations of energy expenditure, and learn how to assess body composition, strength and power and integrated cardiopulmonary responses during exercise.Objectives
Students will havde knowledge of:- The basic principles of nutrition, energy balance and metabolism in exercise;
- Energy for muscular contraction: ATP and PCr;
- The processes involved in carbohydrate storage and utilisation; Anaerobic and aerobic ATP production; Oxidative
phosphorylation; Oxidation of fats for the production of energy
- Nutritional strategies for improving exercise duration or performance;
- The role of body composition and physique in health and physical activity;
- The parameters of aerobic function including maximum oxygen uptake and lactate threshold;
- The responses and limitations of the pulmonary system in exercise performance in health and disease;
- The mechanisms by which environmental temperature and altitude limit exercise capacity;
- The responses and limitations of the cardiovascular system in exercise performance in health and disease;
- The neuromuscular junction, skeletal muscle structure and function, and the basic mechanisms of muscle fatigue;
- The principle mechanisms and adaptations of skeletal muscles in response to exercise training physical inactivity;
Learning outcomes
On completion of the module students will be able to;
-Discuss the basic principles of nutrition, energy balance and metabolism during exercise;
-Describe the processes involved in carbohydrate storage and utilisation;
-Describe Anaerobic and aerobic ATP production;
-Explain the processes of oxidative phosphorylation, and the oxidation of fats to produce energy;
-Describe nutritional strategies for improving exercise duration or performance;
-Explain the role of body composition and physique in health and physical activity;
-Describe the parameters of aerobic function in including maximum oxygen uptake and lactate threshold;
-Describe the responses and limitations of the pulmonary system in exercise performance in health and disease;
-Describe the mechanisms by which environmental temperature and altitude limit exercise capacity;
-Describe the responses and limitations of the cardiovascular system in exercise performance in health and disease;
-Describe the neuromuscular junction, skeletal muscle structure and function, and the basic mechanisms of muscle fatigue;
-Describe the principle mechanisms and adaptations of skeletal muscles in response to exercise training physical inactivity.
Syllabus
Semester 1:
- The fundamentals of exercise physiology
- Energy balance
- Nutrition for human performance
- Bioenergetics
- Exercise metabolism
- Ergogenic aids
- Nutrient related fatigue in prolonged exercise
- Body composition in sport, health and exercise
- Physique, performance and physical activity
- Obesity and weight management
- Dyslipidaemia and exercise
Semester 2:
- Internal & external respiration
- Exercise intensity domains
- Pulmonary responses to exercise
- Maximum oxygen uptake and lactate threshold
- Gas exchange limitation before and after training
- Performance at altitude
- Cardiovascular responses and control during exercise
- Training adaptations of the cardiovascular system
- Exercise and thermal stress
- Fluid balance during exercise
- Assessment of strength and power
- Neuromuscular responses during exercise
- Training muscles for strength, power and endurance
- Ageing and inactivity
Teaching methods
| Delivery type | Number | Length hours | Student hours |
| Poster session | 1 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Class tests, exams and assessment | 1 | 2.00 | 2.00 |
| Fieldwork | 1 | 3.00 | 3.00 |
| Lecture | 22 | 1.00 | 22.00 |
| Practical | 4 | 3.00 | 12.00 |
| Private study hours | 159.00 | ||
| Total Contact hours | 41.00 | ||
| Total hours (100hr per 10 credits) | 200.00 | ||
Private study
5hr of independent reading per lecture x 22 lectures = 110 hours2hr revision per lecture for in-course MCQ x 9 main lectures = 18 hours
9hr of preparation for poster presentation = 9 hours
2hr revision per lecture for written exam x 11 lectures = 22 hours
Opportunities for Formative Feedback
Monitoring of attendance at lectures and practical classesAssessed poster presentation in week 11
Assessed MCQ in week 11
Methods of assessment
Coursework
| Assessment type | Notes | % of formal assessment |
| In-course MCQ | In-course MCQ | 25.00 |
| Poster Presentation | Poster presentation of Sem 1 practical | 25.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Coursework) | 50.00 | |
Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated
Exams
| Exam type | Exam duration | % of formal assessment |
| Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc) | 2 hr 00 mins | 50.00 |
| Total percentage (Assessment Exams) | 50.00 | |
BMSC2216 Exercise Physiology proposed to share the same essay component in summative exam, with a distinct data analysis/EMQ/MCQ component for this module.
Reading list
The reading list is available from the Library websiteLast updated: 23/01/2018
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