Clinical Exercise Physiology (Taught)

This course provides an intellectually challenging programme of advanced study in the application of exercise physiology in clinical settings; the course involves the study of the physiological consequences of a range of chronic debilitating diseases, and highlights the predictable changes that these different diseases cause during exercise testing; students are given a grounding in the theory and application of a variety of physiological tests and their application in clinical populations; the theoretical parts of the course are underpinned by significant time spent in the laboratory learning the practical skills required; this includes graded cardiopulmonary exercise testing; cardiac ultrasound measurements; vascular ultrasound measures; and muscle function analyses; the integration of theory and practice within the course ensures that students are able to meet developing statutory professional requirements of practice-specific knowledge, understanding and skills.