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1. Exercise for people with chronic non-communicable diseases
a. Prescribing exercise for people with chronic non- communicable diseases
b. Principles for testing abilities in people with chronic non-communicable diseases
c. Assessment of health status and current level of physical activity
d. The importance of social and demographic factors in prescribing exercise
2. Characteristics, planning and contraindication of exercise for people with exercise-related diseases
a. Hypertension
b. Diabetes
c. Overweight
d. Osteoporosis
e. The most common chronic musculo-skeletal problems
i. Lower back pain
ii. Arthritis
3. Characteristics, planning and contraindication of exercise for people with cardiovascular diseases
a. Heart failure
b. Angina pectoris
c. After a heart attack
d. After the insertion of the pacemaker
4. Characteristics, planning and contra-indications of exercise for people with cancer
a. Exercise in different stages and types of cancer
5. Characteristics, planning and contraindication of exercise for people with respiratory diseases
a. Asthma
b. Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
c. Cystic fibrosis
6. Characteristics, planning and contraindication of exercise for people with immunological and haematological conditions
a. Renal and liver diseases
b. Chronic fatigue
c. Fibromyalgia
7. Characteristics, planning and contraindication of exercise for people with neurological diseases
a. After a stroke or other brain injury
b. After injury of the spinal cord
c. Multiple sclerosis
d. Parkinson’s disease
e. Muscular dystrophy
8. Characteristics, planning and contraindication of exercise for people with psychological and cognitive problems
a. Dementia
b. Depression
9. Presentation of successful case studies