Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
FATIGUE AND COMFORT	Second cycle	BSA 538		1	6.00	6.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	None
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Asst.Prof.Metin Polat
Lecturer(s)	Asst.Prof.Metin Polat
Teaching assitant(s)	--
Mode of delivery	Face to face
Course objective	Understanding what cause of factors influence fatigue during exercise and developing strategies coping with fatigue.
Course description	Understanding concept fatigue and recovery, learning the factors causing fatigue during exercise

Course contents

1	Factors causing fatigue during exercise
2	Energy depletion
3	Metabolic acidosis
4	Dehydration and hyperthermia
5	Potassium and calcium
6	Central Fatigue
7	Midterm exam
8	Central regulation of performance
9	Overtraining syndrome
10	Overtraining Prevention
11	Exercise tolerance
12	Strategies for optimizing recovery
13	Strategies for optimizing recovery
14	Final exam
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Explain the concepts of fatigue and recovery
2	Understanding the factors of causing fatigue
3	Understanding the Overtraining syndrome and causes overtraining
4	Determination of strategies of overtraining prevention
5	Determination of strategies of optimal recovery
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*Contribution level of the course unit to the key learning outcomes

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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	2	28
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	10	2	20
Homework	10	2	20
Presentation / seminar	10	2	20
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	5	4	20
Midterm exams	1	3	3
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	5	4	20
Final exam	1	3	3
Research	4	4	16
Total work load			150
ECTS			6.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	40
Quiz	0	0
Homework	0	0
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Saun Phillips, Fatique in Sport and Exercise, Routledge 2015
Additional references	Christophe Hausswirth - Inigo Mujika, Recovery for Performance in Sport, Human Kinetics, 2013

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