Claudio Perret: Catalogue data in Autumn Semester 2016 |
Name | PD Dr. Claudio Perret |
Field | Sport Physiology |
Address | Schweizer Paraplegiker-Forschung Guido A Zäch-Str. 4 6207 Nottwil SWITZERLAND |
claudio.perret@hest.ethz.ch | |
Department | Health Sciences and Technology |
Relationship | Privatdozent |
Number | Title | ECTS | Hours | Lecturers | |
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376-1722-00L | Spinal Cord Injury and Exercise Prerequisite: Anatomy and Physiology | 2 credits | 2V | C. Perret | |
Abstract | Intensive discussion concerning complications of a spinal cord injury and their consequences on trainability and exercise performance of persons sitting in a wheelchair. Overview on the clinical application of exercise testing as well as on the implementation of sport scientific findings to optimise performance of spinal cord injured subjects in rehabilitation and elite sports. | ||||
Objective | Knowledge of the pathophysiology and the concomitant complications of a spinal cord injury and the consequences for physical exercise and trainability during rehabilitation as well as in recreational and elite sport. | ||||
Content | The following issues will be discussed: Epidemiology and etiology of spinal cord injury; complications and consequences of spinal cord injury; trainability/exercise physiology and spinal cord injury; history and organisation of wheelchair sports; elite sport and spinal cord injury | ||||
Literature | General literature: G.A. Zäch, H. G. Koch Paraplegie - ganzheitliche Rehabilitation Karger-Verlag, 2006 ISBN 3-8055-7980-2 V. Goosey-Tolfrey Wheelchair sport: A complete guide for athletes, coaches and teachers Human Kinetics, 2010 Y.C. Vanlandewijck, W.R. Thompson The Paralympic Athlete Wiley-Blackwell, 2011 ISBN 978-1-4443-3404-3 Liz Broad Sports Nutrition for Paralympic Athletes CRC Press 2014 ISBN 978-1-4665-0756-2 | ||||
Prerequisites / Notice | Voraussetzung:Vorlesung Anatomie/Physiologie besucht! |