Exercise Prescription for Health and Rehabilitation
SPX 301 (Offering: 2003)

Description

This course builds on the base of exercise prescription and aims to provide students with the knowledge and ability to initiate and maintain appropriate exercise prescriptions or programs for individuals or groups with particular needs. Exercise prescription for such individuals differs from the healthy individual, due to a period of immobilization following an injury or inactivity. These individuals and groups may include athletes following a musculo-skeletal injury, individuals following traumatic injuries such as spinal cord or amputation, and the elderly. The exercise program would be designed to facilitate a return to high level sport or maximize the potential of individuals. The topics covered include strategies to prevent injuries, the pathophysiology and psychological considerations of the musculo-skeletal injuries and loss of function, understanding the healing process, methods of fitness assessment including muscle testing; the various methods of re-establishing proprioception, strength and endurance, functional exercise progression, and outcome measures of exercise intervention. The culmination of this knowledge will enable the students to accurately select the appropriate exercise protocol for individuals and groups with particular needs.

Major(s)/Minors(s): Sport and Exercise Science (major), Exercise Prescription (minor)

Usual Semester of offer: Semester 1

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