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Analysis of Human Performance

PED 303-01

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Time: 9:30 MTW F

Location: Wh 111

Instructor: J. Grant White

Office: Wh 312

Ext: 1350

E-Mail: gwhite@northland.edu

Final Exam: Thursday, 4/18/06, 8:00 a.m.-10:00 a.m.

Texts: Exercise Physiology: Energy, Nutrition, and Human Performance, 5^th Ed., William D. McArdle, Frank I. Katch, and Victor
L. Katch

Website: Exercise Physiology: The Methods and Mechanisms Underlying Performance http://home.hia.no/~stephens/exphys.htm

On-Line Course Syllabus: www.northland.edu/oe --Course Descriptions--Analysis of Human Performance

Please note: Students in need of academic or medical accommodation should contact Judi Holevatz, R.N., @ ext. 1340, Rm. 206 of
the Ponzio Center.

Course Overview

This course combines the two dissimilar disciplines of Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics that share the characteristic of helping to
explain the workings of the human body while in motion. Exercise physiology deals with the reactions and adaptations of human internal
systems to the stimulation of exercise. The field of Biomechanics results when principles of mechanical physics are applied to human
motion. This course will offer the student the opportunity to develop concepts based on fundamental scientific principles in each area and
to apply them to meaningful, real life situations.

Your instructor believes that each academic discipline develops its own system of thought, which is the basis for understanding all existing
information and synthesizing new ideas in that field. More than anything else, it is his wish to use the information and ideas presented in
this course to foster an understanding among his students of the system of thought in this particular subject area. While retention of the
specific information presented in this class will be short term (unless it is reinforced by frequent use), the concepts and ideas that
constitute the “system of thought” will persist and will enable the student to recover the forgotten specifics, explore and understand other
related information, and to remain current, active, and creative in this field.

The instructor will attempt at all times to help students to develop concepts from the information taught, and to relate the material to
familiar life experiences and to future applications in a vocational setting.

It is imperative that students understand that this information is truly alive and useful and does not merely represent an attempt on the part
of the college to make their lives difficult. Mastery of this material will help students to analyze motion, diagnose movement and technique
errors, manipulate a variety of physiological and mechanical variables in adapting activities for participants with mixed abilities, incorporate
scientifically sound principles into training, performance, and technique, and become intelligent and informed consumers of the
professional and popular literature in this field.

Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will have developed a:

Functional (conceptual) understanding the food fuel and bioenergetics
Functional (conceptual) understanding of energy metabolism:
how it changes in response to changes in exercise intensity
how it can be targeted in interval training
how it can be enhanced through other specific training methodologies
Functional (conceptual) understanding of the physiology of muscular contraction, muscle fiber types, their recruitment, and
response to training
Functional (conceptual) understanding of the Vestibular and Kinesthetic receptors and their functions in:
monitoring movement
facilitation/inhibition of contraction
performance contexts
plyometric training methods

The Course Progression

What follows should be understood to represent a general progression of the class. Content and timing will vary according to the needs
and interests of the class.

Week 1

Course intro. /overview; food fuels--carbohydrate, protein, fat, and their effects on health, performance, and body composition

Read chaps. 1 & 2 MK&K

Week 2

Food fuels continued

Read chap. 3 MK&K

Week 3

Finish food fuels, energy overview, introduce energy transfer

Read chaps. 4 & 5 MK&K

Week 4

Metabolic pathways for energy transfer

Read chaps. 6 & 7 MK&K

Week 5

Aerobic and anaerobic work, energy metabolism and exercise

Read chaps. 8 & 9 MK&K,

Maximal Oxygen Consumption- The VO₂ MAX http://home.hia.no/~stephens/vo2max.htm

Week 6

“Oxygen dept” and recovery from exercise

Read chaps. 10 & 11 MK&K,

The Lactate Threshold <http://home.hia.no/~stephens/lacthres.htm>,

Efficiency and Endurance Performance <http://home.hia.no/~stephens/effiperf.htm>

Week 7

Interval training and aerobic conditioning methods

Read chap. 21 MK&K,

Principles of Training- Revisited <http://home.hia.no/~stephens/traprin.htm>,

Understanding Intervals: Matching training characteristics to physiological changes

http://home.hia.no/~stephens/interval.htm,

The effects of age and exercise on short term maximal performance: A model based on physiological systems
<http://home.hia.no/~stephens/maxpower.htm>,

Myocardial Adaptations to Training <http://home.hia.no/~stephens/hrttrn.htm>

Understanding Heart Rate and Exercise <http://home.hia.no/~stephens/hrchngs.htm>,

The Time Course of Training Adaptations <http://home.hia.no/~stephens/timecors.htm>

Week 8

Muscle structure and function from gross to microscopic (physiology of contraction), fiber type, implications of fiber type on performance

Read chap. 18 MK&K,

Basic Skeletal Muscle Physiology <http://home.hia.no/~stephens/musfacts.htm>,

Skeletal Muscle Fiber Type <http://home.hia.no/~stephens/fibtype.htm>

Week 9

Training muscles for strength

Read chap. 22 MK&K,

Training Adaptations in Skeletal Muscle <http://home.hia.no/~stephens/mustrn.htm>,

Aging Effects on Skeletal Muscle <http://home.hia.no/~stephens/musage.htm>

Week 10

Overview of the Nervous System, overview of the physiology of nerve transmission, the interaction between the nervous and muscular
systems

Read chap. 19 MK&K,

The Brain-Body Link and Adaptation to Training <http://home.hia.no/~stephens/brnbody.htm>

Week 11

Kinesthetic and Vestibular Systems

Read pp. 101-120 H&K

Week 12

Basic Biomechanics terminology and concepts

Week 13

Concepts of motion, types, displacement/distance, speed/velocity, acceleration, trajectories

Week 14

Linear motion, Newton’s laws, forces and their effects

Lecture Exams

Lecture exams will take the form of a series of guided investigations (take-home exams) the nature of which will be explained in class. The
pervasive theme will be application of the information in question to solve problems that are practical and relevant to the future work and
play of the students in the class.

Grading

Grades in this class will be calculated on a straight percentage basis. This is accomplished by dividing the number of points earned by
the total number of points possible. I do not grade on improvement except to the extent that improved scores will bolster the student’s
overall point total. Full and enthusiastic class participation is expected of all students and should not be viewed as something extra that
can be counted on to compensate for poor performance on written assignments.

The grading scale is as follows: 93-100 A; 90-92 A-; 87-89 B+; 83-86 B; 80-82 B-; 77-79 C+; 73-76 C; 70-72 C-; 67-69 D+; 60-66 D; 0-59
F.

Attendance

Due to increasing problems with inattendance, it has become necessary to restate and reassert the attendance policy for this class.
Understand that a grade in a class, in effect, certifies that the student has been exposed to the curriculum as described in the syllabus,
has participated in all activities associated with the class, and has completed all assignments to a degree reflected in the final grade. In
other words, you must attend the class, in order to pass the class!

That being said, the policy for attendance and late assignments with respect to grading is as follows:

Attendance in this class does count with 1 point being deducted from your final point total for each hour of unexcused absence.
Excused absences include such things as illness, certain family obligations, and certain school sponsored activities and trips. Studying
for an exam for another class is not an excused absence on the basis of it being a school sponsored activity. Misses can be made up by
writing and submitting a paper which covers the material covered in class on the day in question. Under no circumstances should a
student assume that by merely submitting a paper, they have made up for 100% of the class missed. In order to be considered
equivalent, the paper must be of adequate length, substance, and quality based on the judgment of the course professor. For purposes of
calculating a final grade for the class, the one point deduction for the absence will be thrown out if a paper is submitted. The paper will be
graded, and the grade averaged with the scores on all other written work. Therefore, the degree to which the paper actually substitutes for
the class experiences on the day missed will be directly reflected in the final grade.

Because this professor has had students run a doctor’s appointment scam as a means to generate excused absences, he will expect
students to schedule medical appointments outside of class time. Exceptions will be made for emergencies and extenuating
circumstances.

In this class, attendance is taken with an attendance sheet. Any forgeries of signatures (another scam) will result in the hour being
counted as an unexcused absence for both the forger and the person for whom the forgery was attempted.

Late Work

It is the instructor’s policy to allow the class to negotiate due dates for out of class assignments. That being said, assignments must be
turned in on time. There will be a penalty of –5% per day late. Any exceptions must be negotiated in advance.

Internet Resources

For easy access to these sites go to <http://www.northland.edu/oe>, click on “Course Descriptions,” scroll down to the Analysis of Human
Performance heading, click on it to view an on-line syllabus, and click on the links listed below.

Exercise Physiology: The Methods and Mechanisms Underlying Performance

By: Stephen Seiler

http://home.hia.no/~stephens/exphys.htm

This is a superb site combining excellent content and depth with clear explanations. This is a great adjunct source of information for this
course.

Muscle Physiology Resources

Muscle Structure and Physiology of Contraction

http://bama.ua.edu/~hsmithso/class/bsc_495/microfilaments/mf_web.html

http://muscle.ucsd.edu/index.shtml (Click on the home page photo to view text and images that support the photo. Hitting your
'refresh' button on the home page will change/cycle the photos and topics)

The Introduction to Muscle Physiology and Design

Skeletal Muscle Architecture

SS4.pdf

Current Topics for Teaching Skeletal Muscle Physiology

Muscle Physiology Skeletal Fiber Distinctions

http://lessons.harveyproject.org/development/muscle/thickmsw.html

http://www.med.unibs.it/~marchesi/pps97/course/section12/actmyo_1.html

Anatomy Review: Skeletal Muscle Tissue

http://www.bmb.leeds.ac.uk/illingworth/oxphos/history.htm Mitochondria and Energy Metabolism

Myosin/Actin

http://muscle.ucsd.edu/musintro/fibril.shtml

http://www.neuro.wustl.edu/neuromuscular/mother/myosin.htm

Muscle Ultrastructure.pdf

http://www.med.unibs.it/~marchesi/pps97/course/section11/assembli.html#actin_filaments

Cross Bridge Cycle

http://muscle.ucsd.edu/musintro/bridge.shtml#s1bridge

     http://www.sci.sdsu.edu/movies/actin_myosin.html (Excellent [and fun] Actin Myosin Crossbridge 3D Animation from the folks @
     San Diego State University. If you select the Quick Time player, you'll be able to view the process in stop action, or fast forward, to
     simulate 'real time')

http://www.ebsa.org/npbsn41/maf_home.html Dr. Michael Ferenczi's Home Page- Pi release during the cross bridge cycle and
contractile animations

Titin

http://www.embl-heidelberg.de/ExternalInfo/Titin/old_stuff/elasticity.html
What is Titin http://www.chemsoc.org/ExemplarChem/entries/kscott/titin.htm

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=npg&cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=10963124&dopt=Abstract

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=npg&cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=11222304&dopt=Abstract

http://www.cstl.nist.gov/nist831/NATO99/abstracts/kelle.html

http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/titinIg/

http://www.chemsoc.org/exemplarchem/entries/kscott/why.htm

http://moon.ouhsc.edu/dthompso/namics/actpass.htm

Titin abstract.pdf

myo1996.pdf

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?holding=npg&cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&list_uids=8631348&dopt=Abstract