Stress-recovery balance in athlete’s wellbeing (3 cr)
Code: BB00DA01-3009
General information
Enrollment
17.04.2024 - 20.09.2024
Timing
01.10.2024 - 18.12.2024
Credits
3 op
Virtual proportion (cr)
3 op
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Seats
12 - 60
Degree programmes
- Bachelor of Health Care, Physiotherapy
Teachers
- Jutta Potila
Scheduling groups
- Avoin AMK (Ei koske tutkinto-opiskelijaa (Size: 60. Open UAS: 60.)
Student groups
-
VVO
Education groups
- Open UAS (Doesn't apply to degree student)
Objective
- The student is able to name the sources of stress in athlete's daily life and knows the methods that can be used to evaluate the stress and recovery
- The student knows the importance of restorative sleep for performance capacity and injury risks
- The student is able to explain the importance of nutrition in the recovery from exercise and is able to list the characteristics of restorative nutrition
Content
- Stress and recovery
- Sleep and recovery
- Nutrition
Teaching methods
The course is delivered entirely online through independent learning assignments on the Moodle learning platform.
Student workload
The course includes 3x27=81h of independent work.
Evaluation scale
1-5
Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)
The student can name some sources of stress in the everyday life of an athlete but lacks the knowledge about the measurement methods that can be used to assess load and recovery.
The student knows briefly the importance of restorative sleep for performance and the risk of injury.
The student is unable to explain the importance of nutrition in the recovery from exercise and is not able to list the characteristics of restorative nutrition.
Assessment criteria, good (3)
The student can name the most important sources of stress in an athlete's daily life and knows some measurement methods that can be used to assess load and recovery.
The student knows in general terms the importance of restorative sleep for performance and the risk of injury.
The student can outline the importance of nutrition in the recovery from exercise and is able to list some of the characteristics of restorative nutrition.
Assessment criteria, excellent (5)
The student can name the sources of stress in the athlete's daily life and knows the measurement methods that can be used to assess the load and recovery.
The student knows the importance of restorative sleep for performance and the risk of injury.
The student can explain the importance of nutrition in the recovery from exercise and is able to list the characteristics of restorative nutrition.
Assessment methods and criteria
Evaluation is numerical 1-5 (0=failed) based on the average of the assessments of the learning tasks.
Qualifications
- No previous studies are required