Physical Activity Monitoring Assessment

The course provides knowledge on the basic elements of physiology, clinic, and statistics in the evaluation of the efficacy of prescribing physical exercise for different patient categories for the prevention of primary and secondary cardiovascular disease, cardiopulmonary rehabilitation, and for increasing cardiovascular fitness. The course will provide basic knowledge in statistics and methods for interpreting the content of relevant scientific studies, from large epidemiological studies to clinical studies on the efficacy and safety of physical treatment and rehabilitation.

Students will acquire the ability to: evaluate the results of a scientific study and classify bibliographic and/or study data; read and interpret the results of a cardiopulmonary stress test (respiratory gas analysis and pulmonary ventilation); read (for interpretation not diagnosis) resting and stress ECG; evaluate cardiovascular risk according to validated models listed in the current guidelines of major international scientific societies; understand the principles of sports therapy and the prescription of physical exercise in diverse contexts and pathophysiological models.