Module 1: Introduction to Physical Activity for Health (6 theory hours)
 Fitness, wellness and health
 Health benefits of physical activity
 Sedentariness and strategies to combat it
 Components of physical efficiency and relationship to health status
 International guidelines for physical activity and their applicability in different contexts
Module 2: Principles of Exercise Programming and Administration for Health (10 theoretical
hours, 30 practical hours)
 Risk stratification
 Preliminary assessment
 Design of exercise programmes for the promotion of health and physical efficiency
o (aerobic, strength, flexibility, neuromotor exercise)
 Techniques and didactics of exercise for health and physical efficiency: practical exercises
Module 3: Motor Activities for Different Populations (12 theory hours)
Modulation of the exercise programme according to health status and level of efficiency in special
populations, with particular reference to elderly individuals and/or individuals with major chronic
non-communicable diseases such as:
 cardiovascular and respiratory diseases
 metabolic diseases
 osteo-articular diseases
 oncological diseases
Module 4: Motor Activity for the Age of Development (12 theoretical hours, 10 practical
hours)
 Motor activity for the developmental age: principles and methods
 Stages of motor development in children and adolescents

 Benefits of physical activity in developmental age
 Designing exercise programmes for children and adolescents
 Strategies for promoting physical activity in young people

Adopted texts
 American College of Sport Medicine - ACSM - Linee guida per la valutazione funzionale e
la prescrizione dell'esercizio fisico. Calzetti e Mariucci editore, 2021
Further reading
 American College of Sport Medicine - ACSM - Fitness e allenamento giovanile - Le basi
fondamentali. Calzetti e Mariucci editore, 2023
 C. Pesce, R. Marchetti, A. Motta, M. Bellucci. Joy of moving. Movimenti e immaginazione.
Calzetti e Mariucci editore, 2023
Additional teaching materials
 Ministero della Salute:
https://www.salute.gov.it/portale/attivitaFisica/dettaglioContenutiAttivitaFisica.jsp?lingua=italian
o&id=5143&area=attivitaFisica&menu=vuoto
o Linee di indirizzo sull’attività fisica per le differenti fasce d’età e con riferimento a
situazioni fisiologiche e fisiopatologiche e a sottogruppi specifici di popolazione,
2018.
o Linee di indirizzo sull’attività fisica. Revisione delle raccomandazioni per le differenti
fasce d’età e situazioni fisiologiche e nuove raccomandazioni per specifiche
patologie, 2021.

o Any other in-depth teaching materials will be made available by the lecturer