Content
- Lectures: 20 hours
- Seminar: 10 hours
- Independent work: 60 hours
Subject carrier
Description
Basic concepts of human genetics Basic methodological approaches in human
genetics Understanding complex nature of sport performance and underlying
mechanisms Nature or nurture in sport performance Gender, somatotype,
differences in skeletal muscle structure, ligaments and tendons, differences in
size and ability of cardiac muscle, lungs, metabolic processes, blood cell
generation Specific genes and sports performance State of the art research of
genetics and adaptation to training Genetics of musculoskeletal system and its
relevance in the design of training Genetic predisposition for sport injury
Susceptibility to injuries of ligaments, tendons, stress fractures, concussion,
cardiac arrest Genetic testing – practical and ethical considerations Gene
doping – the use and detection methods Epigenetics Nutrigenomics