FSpS:dc4913 Sport Diagnostics - Course Information
dc4913 Sport Diagnostics
Faculty of Sports Studiesspring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- PhDr. Jan Cacek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- PhDr. Jan Cacek, Ph.D.
Department of Sport Performance and Exercise Testing – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Sport Performance and Exercise Testing – Faculty of Sports Studies - Prerequisites
- Master knowledge of physiology of human movement.
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Kinanthropology (programme FSpS, D-K) (2)
- Course objectives
- Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the problems of sports diagnostics. A partial goal is to teach students to implement performance tests in practice.
- Learning outcomes
- Students know and understand physiological tests of human response and adaptation to physical stress Students can apply theoretical knowledge of testing to sports practice Students will be able to plan, perform and evaluate performance tests using modern instrumentation.
- Syllabus
- 1. Performance test objectives. Types of loads in the laboratory and terrain 2. Health contraindications to testing.
- 3. Load intensity indicators - objective, subjective. Monitored functional parameters of human response to load, their interpretation and evaluation.
- 4. Performance tests in basic movements.
- 5. Specifics of children and elderly testingin .
- 6. Health contraindications to performance tests.
- Literature
- HAFF, Greg and Charles DUMKE. Laboratory manual for exercise physiology. Second edition. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2019, xiii, 433. ISBN 9781492536949. info
- NSCA's guide to tests and assessments. Champaign: Human Kinetics, 2017. ISBN 9781492549963. info
- MORROW, James R., Dale MOOD, James G. DISCH and Minsoo KANG. Measurement and evaluation in human performance. Fifth edition. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2016, xv, 463. ISBN 9781450470438. info
- Physiological tests for elite athletes. Edited by Rebecca K. Tanner - Christopher John Gore. 2nd ed. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2013, xiv, 546. ISBN 9780736097116. info
- RIKLI, Roberta E. and C. Jessie JONES. Senior fitness test manual. Second edition. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2013, xiii, 176. ISBN 9781450411189. info
- ACEVEDO, Edmund O. and Michael A. STARKS. Exercise testing and prescription lab manual. 2nd ed. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2011, xiii, 153. ISBN 0736087281. info
- REIMAN, Michael P. and Robert C. MANSKE. Functional testing in human performance. Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics, 2009, xvii, 310. ISBN 9780736068796. info
- Teaching methods
- block seminar and self-study, practical exercise, e-learning material
- Assessment methods
- colloquium with elaborated seminar paper
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin/semestr. - Teacher's information
- http://www.fsps.muni.cz/impact/zatezove-testy-ve-sportovni-medicine/
- Enrolment Statistics (spring 2025, recent)
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