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Presentation
Presentation
This CU focuses on the area of physical activity and exercise in children and adolescents and aims to provide students with knowledge of the current recommendations on physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep for children and adolescents issued by the main world reference bodies in the field. It is also intended that students develop skills in the assessment of physical activity and physical fitness related to health and motor development in children and adolescents, as well as in the prescription of physical activity in these age groups, according to their specific health or presence of disease. This CU is the only one in the study cycle that specifically addresses the pediatric population, and as such, it is of paramount importance in providing students with a solid body of knowledge in this area. The CU is therefore linked to the others by an approach that aims to integrate previously acquired knowledge.
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Class from course
Class from course
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Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Degree | Semesters | ECTS
Master Degree | Semestral | 5
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Year | Nature | Language
Year | Nature | Language
1 | Mandatory | Português
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Code
Code
ULP2361-16541
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Prerequisites and corequisites
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable
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Professional Internship
Professional Internship
Não
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Syllabus
Syllabus
1. Physical and motor growth and development in children and adolescents. 2. Anthropometric and body composition assessments in children and adolescents. 2.1. Methods, techniques and instruments. 3. Importance and recommendations for 24-hour movement behaviors in children and adolescents 4. Assessment and prescription of physical activity and exercise for children and adolescents. 5. Health-related physical fitness 5.1. Cardiorespiratory fitness 5.2. Muscular fitness 6. Assessment of health-related physical fitness and motor development in children and adolescents. 7. Development of physical fitness and motor skills in children and adolescents. 8. Physical exercise in health and disease 8.1. Associations with overweight and obesity 8.2. Associations with cardiometabolic health parameters 9. Harmful sedentary behavior and risks associated with physical activity/exercise 10. The importance of sleep for health
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Objectives
Objectives
Characterise the different stages of physical and motor development in children/adolescents Demonstrate knowledge of anthropometric assessments and body composition (existing methods, techniques and instruments) Characterise physical activity (PA) according to different parameters Know and publicise the 24-hour movement recommendations Understand the harmful effects of sedentary behaviour and the risks associated with PA Know the acute and chronic effects of exercise on the physiological systems and body composition of children/adolescents Characterise physical fitness in its various dimensions Demonstrate the associations of PA/exercise/physical fitness/sedentary behaviour/sleep with health parameters in children/adolescents Understand and master the assessment of physical fitness and exercise prescription in healthy populations and in diseases Plan, implement and manage projects to promote 24-hour movement in children/adolescents Understand and master health promotion.
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Teaching methodologies and assessment
Teaching methodologies and assessment
This CU will use expository methods and experiential learning. - Continuous assessment method: written test (75%), reading worksheets (20%) and content review quiz (5%). Grades <9,5 are considered insufficient, and the student may take a recovery assessment test (oral or written) whenever the pondered average of the grades is ≥9.5. The recovery test can only be taken for one of the assessment components, in the last class of the semester. Attendance must be 70% of the total number of classes. - Assessment by final exam (appeal season and/or special season) will involve a written test, with oral assessment (only students with a mark ≥9.5 in the theory test will have access to the oral test). The two components each have a weight of 50% for the final grade of the exam.
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References
References
ACSM (2018). ACSM's Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (10th edition). Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins. GBD 2015 Obesity Collaborators. (2017). Health effects of overweight and obesity in 195 countries over 25 years. New England journal of medicine, 377(1), 13-27. Barnett, L. M., Lai, S. K., Veldman, S. L., Hardy, L. L., Cliff, D. P., Morgan, P. J., ... & Okely, A. D. (2016). Correlates of gross motor competence in children and adolescents: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Sports medicine, 46, 1663-1688. Cattuzzo, M. T., dos Santos Henrique, R., Ré, A. H. N., de Oliveira, I. S., Melo, B. M., de Sousa Moura, M., ... & Stodden, D. (2016). Motor competence and health related physical fitness in youth: A systematic review. Journal of science and medicine in sport, 19(2), 123-129. Newell K, Wade M G. (2018). Physical Growth, Body Scale, and Perceptual-Motor Development. Advances in Child Development and Behavior. Elsevier Inc, volume 55.
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Office Hours
Office Hours
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Mobility
Mobility
No
