Delivery Type	Delivery length / details
Lecture	1 x 2 hr lecture per week
Practical	1 x 3 hour practical per week

Assessment Type	Assessment length / details	Proportion
Semester Assessment	WRITTEN PRACTICAL REPORT	50%
Semester Exam	2 Hours	50%
Supplementary Exam	2 Hours	100%

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to:

1. Demonstrate detail knowledge of the adjustment, regulation and integration of physiological systems during exercise.

2. Examine the physiological bases to physiological training techniques.

3. Evaluate sport and exercise activities to determine physiological demand and training need.

4. Demonstrate awareness of a range of advanced physiological assessment techniques.

5. Compile a written laboratory report demonstrating the critical analysis and interpretation of data.

Brief description

This module is essential for developing knowledge in the areas of equine and human exercise physiology. Practical skills of fitness assessment in both the horse and the human will be a key component of the module. This will develop skills in data handling and analysis commonly used in the assessment of athletic performance.

This module will develop understanding in how physiological systems of the body respond during a bout of exercise and how the performance of the body can be changed by regular physical training. Laboratory work will include the investigation of acute responses to exercise and the development of skills in 'fitness testing' (maximal heart rate, recovery time and blood lactate accumulation in the horse; assessment of anaerobic power and maximal oxygen uptake in the human). By analysing different types of sport and exercise activities in humans and examining the range of equine athletic activities from endurance work through to sprint racing, students will be able to apply physiological principles to practical situations.

Content

Muscle physiology (force velocity relationships, optimal stride rate/ cadence, gait analysis in the horse, physiology of different fibre types)
Cardiovascular function (Fick equation, determinants of maximal oxygen uptake)
Respiratory function (ventilatory control and lactate threshold, limitations of pulmonary function to exercise in the horse and the elite human)
Principles of exercise testing and interpretation (validity and reliability of exercise tests, incremental exercise testing, constant work rate exercise, maximal intensity exercise)
Exercise energetics (aerobic and anaerobic systems of energy provision, oxygen deficit/ debt, energy balance and indirect calorimetry, measurement of anaerobic power and capacity)

Skills Type	Skills details
Application of Number	Data analysis
Communication	Reading and evaluation of appropriate material for assessments
Improving own Learning and Performance	Peer assessment associated with laboratory reports will informally develop learning skills
Information Technology	Will be developed through data analysis in assignment
Problem solving	Data analysis and interpretation associated with the practical assessment
Subject Specific Skills	Ability to perform fitness assessment
Team work	Laboratory work

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Assessment

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Brief description

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