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Courses Handbook 2013

This handbook contains information for courses and units at Curtin in 2013.
Information for current year courses and units is available at Courses Handbook 2012.

314182 (v.1) Advanced Exercise Physiology 351

Area: School of Physiotherapy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 4.0
Tuition Patterns: The tuition pattern provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. Precise information is included in the unit outline.
Lecture: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Tutorial: 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Practical: 1 x 2 Hours Fortnightly
Prerequisite(s): 314178 (v.1) Exercise Physiology 252 or any previous version
Syllabus: This unit examines the integrated regulation of organ systems during exercise in applied settings spanning chronic disease through elite sport will be examined. Areas with specific relevance to the physiology of elite sports performance will include, but not be limited to, mechanisms of adaptation, environmental stress, ergogenic aids, novel training approaches, limitations to exercise in healthy normal individuals, and well-trained and elite athletes, facilitating recovery, overtraining, and shortfalls in the exercise physiology knowledge base. Clinical exercise physiology examines the role of exercise in the prevention, diagnosis, prognosis and treatment of chronic disease.
Unit references, texts, outcomes and assessment details The most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes, will be provided in the unit outline.
Field of Education: 010913 Human Biology
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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