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Course Outlines

Fall 2021 - BPK 310 D100

Exercise/Work Physiology (3)

Class Number: 5838

Delivery Method: In Person

Overview

  • Course Times + Location:

    Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Tue, 12:30–2:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

    Sep 8 – Dec 7, 2021: Fri, 12:30–1:20 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Exam Times + Location:

    Dec 17, 2021
    Fri, 7:00–10:00 p.m.
    Burnaby

  • Prerequisites:

    BPK 205, MBB 201 (or 231). Recommended: BPK 201.

Description

CALENDAR DESCRIPTION:

The study of human physiological responses and adaptations to acute and chronic exercise/work. Cardiorespiratory, cellular and metabolic adaptations will be studied and discussed in detail.

COURSE DETAILS:

Tuesday lecture in person and Friday lecture remote asynchronous. The exams will be in person.

**The following planned schedule is tentative & subject to change**

Week

Lecture topics

Readings

Quizzes/exams

Assignments

1

Course introduction
1.1 Course experience

1.2 Terminology, Principles of bioenergetics & energy expenditure

Hawley 2015

Westerblad 2010

Optional: Review Alberts

Canvas Quiz 1 (survey)

 

2

Assessing task demand

2.1 Muscle physiology, ATPases

2.2 Applied neuromuscular physiology – motor unit recruitment in response to different activities

 

Canvas Quiz 2 (readings)

 

3

Pre-employment testing

3.1 Occupational physiology

3.2 Pre-employment tests and standards

Jamnik 2013

Canvas Quiz 3 (material from weeks 1-2)

Assignment 1: Occupational physiology

4

Energy supply processes

4.1 Energy systems

4.2 Catabolism of macronutrients

 

 

 

5

Systemic energy supply: gas exchange

5.1 Ventilatory physiology

5.2 Cardiovascular dynamics

 

 

Assignment 1 due

6

Systemic energy supply: VO2 kinetics & fuel mobilization

6.1 VO2 kinetics, metabolic thresholds, endurance performance physiology

6.2 Substrate transport and neuroendocrine control

Burnley & Jones 2007

Canvas Quiz 4 (weeks 4 & 5)

 

end of midterm material

 

7

Midterm exam

7.1 Exam review: review study questions

7.2 Midterm in class

 

Midterm exam

 

8

Negative effects of exercise & recovery

8.1 Negative effects of exercise (e.g., fatigue, cramps, muscle damage, etc.)

8.2 Negative effects continued, recovery kinetics

Davison 2009

 

Assignment 2: Sports physiology

9

Mechanisms of training adaptations

9.1 Exercise-related stressors & principles of cell signal transduction

9.2 Cell signaling responses to exercise stressors

Egan 2013

 

 

10

Mechanisms of training adaptations

10.2 Neural adaptations to training + detraining & deconditioning

 

 

Assignment 2 due

 

11

Special populations

11.1 Clinical exercise physiology

11.2 Cardiopulmonary exercise tests, Sex differences

Reading on CPET TBD

 

Canvas Quiz 5 (training adaptations)

Assignment 3: Clinical exercise physiology

12

Environmental factors modifying exercise stress & adaptations:

12. 1 Barometric pressure

12. 2 Temperature

 

 

 

13

Factors modifying exercise stress & adaptations:

13.1 Age & sex

13.2 Exam review

 

 

Assignment 3 due

TBD

Q&A session during exam week

 

 

 

Exam period

Final exam

 

 

Final exam

COURSE-LEVEL EDUCATIONAL GOALS:

  1. Define, distinguish, and estimate energy, work, power, and efficiency as they apply to exercise and physically demanding tasks.
  2. Predict motor unit/muscle fibre recruitment and rate coding exhibited during different muscle contraction types and exercise modalities, and the effects of modulatory factors such as fatigue.
  3. Describe the biochemical processes that consume energy and those that supply energy and the control processes that ensure they are matched.
    1. Apply bioenergetic principles (thermodynamics and kinetics) to explain and calculate cellular energy transduction during exercise.
    2. Describe how cellular-level energy consumption integrates to whole-body energy expenditure.
  4. Predict the cardiovascular, ventilatory, and neuroendocrine adjustments to defend homeostasis in response to different exercise and environmental factors, in particular the mobilization and transport of oxygen, substrates, and metabolites at the whole-body level.
  5. Describe the negative effects of exercise, including fatigue, muscle damage, and dehydration, and the time courses of their post-exercise recoveries.
  6. Evaluate the risks of adverse events during exercise and propose mitigation strategies.
  7. Describe the mechanisms of training-induced adaptations at the cellular and systems levels:
    1. Cellular: explain in detail the basis of cellular plasticity as it applies to skeletal muscle and apply the concepts to other cell types.
    2. Systems: explain in detail the cardiac, vascular, respiratory, and metabolic adaptations to training and acclimation to environmental stressors.
    3. Describe the neural adaptations to endurance, strength, and power training.
    4. Describe the effects and mechanisms of detraining and deconditioning.
  8. Predict how exogenous factors (e.g., environmental factors, age & sex) modify exercise load, acute responses, and tolerance, as well as adaptations to chronic exposure.
    1. Evaluate acclimation strategies.
  9. Assess the physiological demands of an occupational, recreational, or sport task and develop a valid pre-screening or job placement assessment protocol.
  10. Interpret physiological data collected during exercise for prescribing training, assessing physiological function, diagnosing disease, or determining performance limiters.
    1. Select appropriate technologies to assess energy expenditure, cardiac strain, strength & power requirements, and tolerance to environmental factors.
   11. Apply concepts of clinical exercise physiology to research the roles of exercise in diagnosing and treating chronic          diseases.

Grading

  • Assignments 35%
  • Quizzes 10%
  • Midterm exam 25%
  • Final exam 30%

REQUIREMENTS:

  • Prerequisite: BPK (or KIN) 205, MBB 201 (or 231).
  • Recommended: BPK (or KIN) 201.

Materials

REQUIRED READING:

Required readings in the form of review articles are prescribed to supplement lecture material or because they are needed for completing the assignments. They are listed in the “Readings” column in the course outline below and posted in the “Files” page in Canvas in the Readings > Required Readings folder.

RECOMMENDED READING:

The following textbooks have been placed on reserve in the Bennett Library. Much of the material presented in the lecture slides will be drawn from these textbooks.

Brooks, G. A., Fahey, T. D., Baldwin, K. M. (2005). Exercise Physiology: Human Bioenergetics and Its Applications. Boston: McGraw-Hill.

Silverthorn, D. U. Human physiology: an integrated approach. Boston: Pearson Education [any edition should suffice; the 6th ed. (2013) is placed on reserve]

Alberts, B. et al. (2013) Essential Cell Biology, 4th ed. New York: Garland Science.


Department Undergraduate Notes:

It is the responsibility of the student to keep their BPK course outlines if they plan on furthering their education.

Registrar Notes:

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY: YOUR WORK, YOUR SUCCESS

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TEACHING AT SFU IN FALL 2021

Teaching at SFU in fall 2021 will involve primarily in-person instruction, with approximately 70 to 80 per cent of classes in person/on campus, with safety plans in place.  Whether your course will be in-person or through remote methods will be clearly identified in the schedule of classes.  You will also know at enrollment whether remote course components will be “live” (synchronous) or at your own pace (asynchronous).

Enrolling in a course acknowledges that you are able to attend in whatever format is required.  You should not enroll in a course that is in-person if you are not able to return to campus, and should be aware that remote study may entail different modes of learning, interaction with your instructor, and ways of getting feedback on your work than may be the case for in-person classes.

Students with hidden or visible disabilities who may need class or exam accommodations, including in the context of remote learning, are advised to register with the SFU Centre for Accessible Learning (caladmin@sfu.ca or 778-782-3112) as early as possible in order to prepare for the fall 2021 term.