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HMS4502
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Physical Activity and Health
Period 1: from 4-9-2023 to 27-10-2023
Co-requisites:
None
Coordinator:
Essers, J.
ECTS credits:
6
Language of instruction:
English
Publication dates timetable/results in the Student Portal
Deadline publication timetable
The date on which the timetable of this module is available:
18-8-2023
Deadline publication final result
The date on which the final grade of this module is available: 17-11-2023
Resit booking
Exam booking for a test in current academic year (resit)
You will be booked automatically for the resit in one of our resit periods. You may check our calenders to find out which modules can be retaken and when: https://intranet.maastrichtuniversity.nl/nl/fhml-studenten/studieverloop/wanneer-wat
As of one week before the resit test takes place, you can check in Student Portal if you are booked correctly: Student Portal > My Courses > More actions. The test will also be visible in your time table.
Exam booking for a test from a previous academic year (exam only)
All students who have not passed the test for this module in a previous academic year, will be booked automatically for the test during the regular block period. You will be enrolled in the new course in Canvas but not scheduled for a tutorial group and other educational activities.
If you do not wish to participate in this test at the end of the regular block period please de-register via askFHML.
Resit date: 15-2-2024
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Course information
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Description:
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EN:
This course will address two major themes that are highly related to each other. The first theme covers the beneficial effects of physical activity on health. Several keynote lectures (1 h) are delivered covering the different health aspects of physical activity including metabolic, cardiovascular and cognitive health and sit-less for health. The second major theme of the course is how physical activity can be accurately measured in daily life. For that, wearable sensors will be used and students will learn about different sensors that are available, how these sensors function and how data from these sensors can be analysed. For this, students will get to design their own research project where they can answer their research question using a tri-axial accelerometer (the MOX). The course keynote lectures will mainly cover theoretical bases about how physical activity benefits health and how physical activity can be measured. The tutorial/project group meetings will be used to design the research projects, perform measurements, analyse the data and present the project results.
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Goals:
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EN:
Knowledge and understanding At the end of this course, students have gained knowledge and understanding of the following topics: - Metabolic, cardiovascular and cognitive health effects of different aspects of physical activity
- Basic principles of accelerometry-based motion analysis and activity monitoring
- Underlying principles of signal analysis and basic signal processing methods (filtering, differentiation and integration)
- Experimental design and analysis aspects of research related to physical activity monitoring.
Applying knowledge - Formulate a relevant research question related to physical activity and design an appropriate research protocol to answer this question
- Gathering and post-processing of physical activity data
Making judgements - Choosing the appropriate technique to quantify relevant aspects of physical activity
- Judging the methodological quality of studies that use motion sensors
- Analysing and interpreting results from a physical activity experiment
Communication - Oral presentation of obtained research data
- Writing a scientific report
- Collaborating effectively with fellow students and experts
Learning skills - Knowledge about design of experiments/testing (research methods and design)
- To test reproducibility and validity of physical activity data
- To test sensitivity and specificity of physical activity classification
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Key words:
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EN:
physical activity assessment
wearable sensors
health
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Literature:
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This is the link to Keylinks, our online reference list.
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Teaching methods:
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- Assignment(s)
- Work in workgroup(s)
- Lecture(s)
- Paper(s)
- Problem Based Learning
- Presentation(s)
- Research
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Assessments methods:
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- Attendance
- Final paper
- Presentation
- Written exam
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This page was last modified on:10-4-2024
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