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Certificate of Achievement

Lenita Mariea Marshall

has completed the following course:

Exercise Prescription for the Prevention and Treatment of Disease

Trinity College Dublin

This online course explored how physical exercise can help patients, including those with cardiovascular disease, mental health problems and cancer. The course covered topics including exercise prescription guidelines, safety considerations, and the evidence supporting exercise prescription.

2 weeks, 4 hours per week

Dr Cuisle Forde

Assistant Professor of Physiotherapy

Trinity College Dublin

Transcript

Learning outcomes

  • Identify basic physical activity measurement tools e.g. Heart rate monitors, accelerometers, pedometers and questionnaires.
  • Reflect on experiences of exercise prescription, physical activity guidelines, and exercise prescription safety.
  • Summarise the history of exercise prescription guidelines.
  • Describe cardiovascular and respiratory responses to acute and chronic exercise.
  • Identify the benefits of exercise for brain health, the musculoskeletal system, cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and COPD.
  • Critically appraise current physical activity guidelines.
  • Appreciate the complex interaction between exercise, physical activity and the immune system, specifically the anti-inflammatory effects of exercise.
  • Describe how to objectively measure fitness and strength e.g. the six minute walk test, and hand grip dynamometer use.
  • Describe how exercise prescription guidelines can be adapted for clinical pediatric populations.
  • Describe how exercise prescription guidelines can be adapted for older populations.
  • Demonstrate an awareness of the evidence to support exercise as a treatment tool for various clinical populations including those with osteoarthritis, type 2 diabetes, and other chronic diseases.

Syllabus

  • Introduction to exercise prescription and physical activity
  • How does the body respond to physical exercise?
  • The evidence behind exercise prescription
  • Physical activity guidelines
  • Perceptions of exercise prescription
  • Measuring physical activity
  • Exercise for brain health and for the musculoskeletal system
  • Exercise for those with cardiovascular disease and with metabolic disease
  • Exercise for pulmonary disease and across the cancer continuum
  • Exercise across the lifespan

Issued on 28th March 2017

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Free online course:

Exercise Prescription for the Prevention and Treatment of Disease

Trinity College Dublin