Cardiopulmonary & Exercise Sci
EXSC 5230: Physical Activity and Exercise: Effects on Musculoskeletal Health and Disease
Lecture - 3 credits
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- Seeks to provide a foundation for understanding the benefits of physical activity and exercise and the detrimental effects of physical inactivity and sedentary behavior on musculoskeletal health.
- Studies the function/dysfunction of the musculoskeletal systems resulting in common/uncommon disorders and the prevalence, etiology, and benefits of physical activity/exercise.
- Students apply previously learned exercise physiology principles, such as exercise prescription and neural and motor control adaptations, to physical activity and exercise.
- Discusses key physiological mechanisms underlying common/uncommon musculoskeletal disorders.
- Examines the preventive and beneficial effects of physical activity and exercise endorsed by the American College of Sports Medicine.
- Restricted to graduate students in exercise science and to undergraduate students minoring in exercise science.
Seeks to provide a foundation for understanding the benefits of physical activity and exercise and the detrimental effects of physical inactivity and sedentary behavior on musculoskeletal health. Show more.
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