Class Aging and Human Development

The UC of Aging and Human Development is part of a set of Curricular Units of option that aim to provide students with tools specific to future professional practice, and simultaneously critical and scientific spirit that allows them to select the best sources of information, idealize research questions and aim at methodologies that answer these same questions. THE UC relies on the recommendations of the main national and international entities, seeking a professional practice based on the best scientific evidence. The organization of classes seeks a close articulation between contents developed in previous training cycles, seeking to analyze and structure them in the face of contextual possibilities, introducing new contents and developing competencies in the face of different possibilities of intervention.

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Demographics of Aging andPortugal  and the World; Physiological and psychosocial processes of aging; Benefits of exercise in aging; Main recommendations of physical activity and physical exercise for the elderly; Strategies for evaluation and monitoring of risk factors, signs and symptoms of disease; Physical evaluation protocols (aerobic fitness, muscle strength and endurance, flexibility, balance and mobility); Complementary means of diagnosis and medical reference; Prescription and adaptation of the recommendations of the exercise to the specific situation of each practitioner; Case studies.

Classes will be supported by multimedia materials available and the final work will be the subject of weekly online tutoring meetings.

Dias, G. (2017). Active Ageing and Physical Activity - Guidelines, Functional Exercises and Recommendations. SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research. Ehrman, J. (2019). Clinical Exercise Physiology. 4th edition. Human Kinetics. Champaign-IL. Jacobs, P. (2018). NSCA¿s Essentials of Training Special Populations. Human Kinetics. Champaign-IL.