Course: Exercise Prescription for the Prevention and Treatment of Disease

In this video, Cuisle explores exercise considerations for general paediatric populations. Having watched the video, share your experiences of paediatric exercise, and consider this question: Have you ever had to …

In this video, Cuisle describes the benefits of exercise for patients across the cancer continuum. A startling statistic from the International Agency for Research on Cancer describes that 25% of …

In this video, Aine explores the interaction between physical activity and the brain, and describes how exercise can be beneficial for patients with dementia, depression, schizophrenia and Parkinson’s disease. Having …

In the last step, we described five ways of measuring physical activity. It is important to think about which method is most appropriate for specific patients. Take a look at …

Welcome back to Week 2 of the course. This week we will be looking at exercise for the treatment of disease, and we are joined by Dr Mikel Egana and …

Our bodies change shape, size and functional capacity in response to chronic, or repeated activity. Similarly to the previous step, Aine describes the body’s physiological changes to chronic exercise. Having …

This week we have given a broad introduction to exercise prescription for the treatment of disease and you have: Examined different ways of measuring physical activity Explored exercise prescription in …