Clinical Exercise Assessment

Course aim

Apply existing knowledge to understand a range of adverse responses to exercise testing and training and to learn the clinical skills to detect contraindications to commencing and adverse responses during exercise.

Course content

Mechanisms of injury or dysfunction to musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory/ pulmonary, metabolic and psychological systems related to exercise testing and prescription. Assessment and monitoring of the musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, neurological, cardiovascular, respiratory/pulmonary, metabolic and psychological systems related to exercise testing and prescription including testing neuromuscular function, ECG testing and interpretation, point of care testing for metabolic parameters and the application of various questionnaires to assess health and function.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
HLTH 2005	Exercise Physiology 2
HLTH 3011	Exercise Prescription

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Practical	2 hours x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Examination, Skills demonstration, Test/Quiz

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.