UPPVFK056 Physical Activities, Physical Health Education for Seniors

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2023
Extent and Intensity
6/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lenka Chovancová (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Kamil Janiš, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: PhDr. Edita Ondřejová, Ph.D.
Prerequisites (in Czech)
FAKULTA(FVP) && TYP_STUDIA(B) && FORMA(K)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
During the lecture, students are introduced into the issue and importance of physical activity and physical health education for a group of individuals in senior age. They will get acquainted with basic terminology and especially with specific methodical examples of exercises with regard to the health status of seniors and their individual needs in the subject area.
Syllabus
  • 1. Physical education - characteristics, basic terminology.
    2. Health Physical Education - Characteristics, basic terminology.
    3. Characteristics of the senior in terms of physical involution, basic health problems of the locomotive apparatus.
    4. Health benefits of physical activity.
    5. Stages of motivational readiness to change in the area of physical activity.
    6. Exercise tools and tools (balancing aids, booster aids, etc.) - demonstration and possibilities of their use.
    Individual samples and methodology focus on areas of the neck, deep back muscles, lumbar, lower limbs, torso, abdominal muscles and lower limbs.
Literature
    required literature
  • HENDL, J., DOBRÝ, L. a kol. Zdravotní benefity pohybových aktivit. Praha: Karolinum, 2011. ISBN 978-80-246-2000-8. info
  • ŠTILEC, M. Program aktivního stylu života pro seniory. Praha: Portál, 2009. ISBN 80-7178-920-8. info
  • KLEVETOVÁ, D. a DLABALOVÁ, I. Motivační prvky při práci se seniory. Praha: Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2169-9. info
  • Kol. aut. Posilování od A do Z. Brno: Computer Press, 2008. ISBN 978-80-251-2122-1. info
  • POKORNÝ, I. Zdravotní tělesná výchova pro seniory. Ústí nad Labem: Univerzita J. E. Purkyně, Pedago, 2004. ISBN 80-7044-637-4. info
    recommended literature
  • PELCOVÁ, J. a kol. Vztah mezi doporučeními vztahujícími se k množství pohybové aktivity a vybranými ukazateli zdraví u žen navštěvujících univerzitu třetího věku. Tělesná kultura, roč. 32, č. 2, s. 64-78. 2009. info
  • PELCOVÁ, J. a kol. Vliv demografických faktorů na pohybovou aktivitu a sezení u obyvatel České republiky ve věku 55-69 let. Tělesná kultura. roč. 31, č. 2, s. 109-119. 2008. info
  • ZAIDI, A. Well-being of Older People in Ageing Societies. Aldershot: Ashgate, 2008. ISBN 978-0-7546-7596-9. info
  • ROSŁAWSKI, A. Jak zůstat fit ve stáří. Brno: Computer Press, 2005. ISBN 80-251-0774-4. info
  • HAWORTH, J. T., VEAL, A. J. Work and Leisure. New York: Routlege, 2004. ISBN 0-203-56959-8. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Přednáška 6 HOD/SEM.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2016, Winter 2017, Winter 2018, Winter 2019, Winter 2020, Winter 2021, Winter 2022.
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