2nd Bachelor in Occupational Therapy

General physiology and physiology of the movements

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ECTS Credits4
Number of Hours (h/year)45
Teaching staffJACO, Marcel
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1 and 2
CodePARA-D_ERGO0038/2
Prerequisite

Year 1 course

Aims and Objectives

To have a thorough knowledge not only of cardiorespiratory and circulatory adaptations which occur as well in the healthy subject as, for example, in an amputated patient when they achieve a task but also of regulating mechanisms of these great functions.

To be capable making out a plan of readjustment to the effort among cardiac patients.

Description

Breathing

  • Anatomy of the respiratory apparatus
  • Physiology of breathing
  • Regulation of breathing
  • Adaptation to the exercise

Heart

  • Anatomy of the heart
  • Physiology of the heart
  • Cardiovascular system:
  • Cardio-circulatory adaptations to the exercise

Training

  • Principles of training
  • Methods of training and biological effects
  • Counter-indications with the physical training

Thermal regulation

  • Thermal balances
  • Methods of determination
  • Intensity of the metabolism
  • Effects of the exercise
  • Temperature control
  • Tolerance
  • Hydrous balance
  • Practical applications
Bibliography

Constanzo L.S., Physiologie, Pradel, 1999.

Fix J.D., Neuroanatomie, 2ème édition, De Boeck, 2000.

Godeau E., cheron G., Le mouvement, MEDSI Mac Graw Hill, 1989.

Guyton, Anatomie- physiologie du S.N.C., Vigot, 1989.

Marieb E.N., Anatomie et physiologie humaine, 4ème éd., De Boeck, 2000.

Vander A.J. et coll., Physiologie humaine, 3ème édition, Chenelière Mac Graw Hill, 1995.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Assessment MethodsWritten examinations
NotesYes
LanguageFrench

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