Sciences and techniques of preventive and adapted motor activities

The Course has the objective, related to opportunities in the world of work, of training highly qualified professional figures who can operate in the world of physical activities, giving particular emphasis to prevention and to all adapted and individualised activities (chronic pathologies, particular postural attitudes).

The skills acquired will allow the Graduate to operate in an integrated and coordinated manner in a team of health and wellness professionals, within which physical activities are of fundamental importance in promoting health and primary, secondary and tertiary prevention of the main pathologies of social interest.

Finally, the Course aims to make the Graduate acquire specific skills for achieving the best psycho-physical efficiency in subjects with psycho-motor disabilities, adapting motor activities to the specific needs of the subjects, both in developmental age and in adolescence and adulthood. Particular attention is paid to the didactic aspects, both general and specialized, related to the teaching-learning processes of physical and sports education.

These skills will be achieved through the study of motor and sports disciplines, biomedical, psycho-pedagogical and sociological, providing the student with a complex cultural framework that allows them to interpret both the motor and health conditions of the subjects and the context in which the intervention will have to be placed.

Limited to the activities carried out at “health gyms”, where established, for the provision of physical exercise programmes, the kinesiologist collaborates with specialists in sport and exercise medicine, in physical and rehabilitation medicine, and in nutritional sciences, and with health professionals such as physiotherapists and dietitians.

The possession of a master's degree, followed by the training required by law, allows access to teaching physical education in schools. In addition to traditional teaching, the completion of internships at external institutions and structures connected to the University will provide the graduate with specific skills and operational professionalism in the professional field.

The Kinesiologist of preventive and adapted motor activities is able to operate in public and private structures where he/she can offer his/her skills in activities related to the planning, technical coordination and evaluation of motor and sports activities adapted and personalized with respect to differences in age, gender, ability and any presence of stabilized chronic pathologies. Specifically, the functions that he/she can perform are:

• Design and implementation of physical activity programs aimed at achieving and maintaining the best conditions of psychophysical well-being for subjects in various age groups, genders and in different physical conditions, knowing the possible complications that physical exercise can cause in each category and the precautions to prevent them;
• Organization and implementation of specific activities and lifestyles aimed at preventing disease and improving the quality of life through physical exercise;
• Prevention of postural defects and functional recovery post-rehabilitation aimed at optimizing physical efficiency;
• Planning and supervision of individualized physical exercise proposals, based on health indications and motor assessment data, establishing the type of exercise, intensity, duration, frequency, progression, precautions, for a wide variety of chronic pathologies and conditions of physical and mental disability;
• Planning, coordination and evaluation of adapted motor activities in people with disabilities or in individuals in clinically controlled and stabilized health conditions.

Skills associated with the function

To carry out his professional duties, the Preventive and Adapted Motor Activities Kinesiologist must acquire skills, knowledge and abilities relating to:

1. the mechanisms of the organism's functioning in different physiological and pathological conditions, in relation to gender, age, and state of health;
2. the main aspects adequately developed of psychology applied to adapted motor activities;
3. the behavioral strategies needed to improve lifestyle;
4. possess in-depth knowledge of the assessment and understanding of movement, focusing above all on the ability to develop, plan, program and conduct preventive and adapted physical activity programs;
5. the motor needs of a wide range of people who require adapted motor activities both from a preventive perspective and for the development of individual potential.
6. the benefits and risks of practicing physical activities in subjects of different ages, genders, and psychophysical conditions;
7. motor assessment techniques that will allow them to understand the needs of a wide variety of subjects and, consequently, to apply the most appropriate motor intervention techniques.

The skills acquired will allow the graduate to operate in an integrated and coordinated manner in a team of health and wellness professionals, within which physical activities are of fundamental importance in promoting health and all levels of prevention of the main exercise-sensitive pathologies of social interest.
The Preventive and Adaptive Motor Activities Kinesiologist will be able to:

1. direct and supervise motor programs adapted to healthy adults, adolescents, the elderly, subjects with postural defects or with stabilized clinical conditions involving different organs and systems, knowing the possible complications that physical exercise can cause in each category and the precautions to prevent them;
2. plan, execute and supervise assessment tests and training programs post-rehabilitation, specific for different populations and conditions, in a clinically and rehabilitatively stabilized phase;
3. plan and supervise individualized exercise proposals, based on health indications and motor assessment data, establishing the type of exercise, intensity, duration, frequency, progression, precautions, for a wide variety of chronic pathologies and conditions of physical and mental disability;
4. implement educational, communicative and psychomotor methodologies and techniques aimed at disabled people, children, adults, the elderly and individuals who require assistance and social and civil re-education.

The “Dual Career” program, promoted by the University of Enna “Kore” aims to support high-level athletes in reconciling their university career and their competitive career, in compliance with the universal individual right to education and training. The inclusion in the Program lasts three years. Upon admission to the Program, the University will issue a specific declaration certifying the qualification of student-athlete included in the “Dual Career” Program

Giudice Chiara

Emanuel Mattia

The Tutor has an interface role between teachers and students and takes care of, according to the general guidelines of the Dean of the Faculty and the Presidents of the Degree Courses, specific initiatives within the teaching activities of the teaching structures. Therefore, he/she carries out support activities for what concerns the optimization of learning processes: for example, he/she provides students with indications and suggestions concerning, among other things, the organization of study times, learning methodologies, planning of evaluation phases, design and drafting of the degree thesis, use of commonly used and advanced software.

The internship consists of a qualifying activity from a technical and professional point of view, which the student carries out in internal or external structures that have an agreement with the University, with the supervision of a tutor internal to the associated structure. The aim of the internship activity is to relate the theoretical knowledge acquired during the course of studies with the applicative aspects specifically linked to the professionalism formed during the degree course to begin working alongside professionals who are experts in the sector. Relations with extra-university structures suitable for hosting student interns (companies, public and private bodies, trade associations, voluntary associations, social cooperatives) are regulated by specific agreements. Relations with internal structures of the University are regulated by agreements with the manager of the structure. The agreements and arrangements are stipulated in compliance with the General Regulations for the performance of supplementary teaching activities and the standard agreement scheme approved by the Academic Bodies of the University.

Requests for credit recognition must be submitted following the operational and procedural instructions contained in the following document. Please remember that these requests may be submitted by each student by the final registration deadline for each Academic Year (December) , as indicated in art. 14 of the RAD, and by the month of May of the current year. The Course Teaching Commission will process these requests within the month following the previously indicated deadlines.