ASSESSMENT OF PHYSICAL FITNESS AND EXERCISE PRESCRIPTION

PTR502

Course Code: PTR502
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 6

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree With Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Associate Professor Manolya Acar

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Evaluate physical fitness in healthy and chronic patients with necessary test batteries.
Gain ability to make exercise prescription and ability to use suitable physical fitness test batteries.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

Giving information about evaluation of physical fitness in healthy and chronic diseases with patients and creation of exercise prescription.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the Course
2^nd Week	Defining health, exercise, physical activity and physical fitness Physical Fitness Parameters and Assessment
3^rd Week	Physical Fitness Article Presentation Examples
4^th Week	Assessment of Aerobic Fitness
5^th Week	Assessment of Muscular Fitness
6^th Week	Assessment of Body Composition and Flexibility
7^th Week	Article Presentations
8^th Week	Balance, coordination assessment
9^th Week	Introduction to the Course
10^th Week	Agility and Reaction Time Assessment-Article Study
11^th Week	General Principles of Exercise Prescription
12^th Week	Creating an exercise prescription based on a sample case
13^th Week	Exercise Types- Aerobic exercise training prescription
14^th Week	Strengthening Exercise training prescription
15^th Week	Balance and Coordination exercise training prescription

Recommended or Required Reading

Vivan H. Heyward PhD. Advanced Fitness Assessment & Exercise Prescription . Human Kinetics 1997.
Physiological Testing of the High -Performance Athetlete J. Duncan MacDougall PhD, Howard A. Wenger PhD, Howard J. Green PhD. Human Kinetics 1991.
Physiological Adaptation. In:Prof. Dr. Defne Kaya UTLU editors. Functional Exercise Anatomy and Physiology for Physiotherapists. Springer International Publishing; 2023;349-357.
Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation (Volume no 3), Editors, A Karaduman, ÖT Yılmaz, 2017

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Presentation
Discussion
Problem Solving

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Presentation of Book	1	50
Presentation of Article	1	50
Total(%)		100
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		100
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		0
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	8	112
Preparation for Final exam
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam
Homework	4	3	12
Book Presentation	1	14	14
Total Work Load			180
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			6
ECTS Credit of the Course			6

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1	LO2
K1	X	X
K2	X	X
K3	X	X
K4
K5
K6