Exercise Prescription for the Prevention and Treatment of Disease from FutureLearn

Over two weeks discover the benefits of exercise in both preventing and treating diseases and enhance your confidence in exercise prescription as a treatment. Learn with physiology and physiotherapy experts Throughout the course there will be an opportunity to engage with researchers, healthcare professionals and exercise prescription experts from the Discipline of Physiotherapy at Trinity College Dublin. Some of the topics we will cover include: Most FutureLearn courses run multiple times. Every run of a course has a set start date but you can join it and work through it after it starts. Find out more This course is designed for healthcare professionals who wish to broaden their understanding of exercise prescription and physical activity as a tool to prevent and treat disease. No previous experience or qualifications are required. You can use the hashtag #FLexercise to talk about this course on social media.

Topics Covered

Introduction to exercise prescription and physical activity
How does the body respond to physical exercise?
The evidence behind exercise prescription
Physical activity guidelines
Perceptions of exercise prescription
Measuring physical activity
Exercise for brain health and for the musculoskeletal system
Exercise for those with cardiovascular disease and with metabolic disease
Exercise for pulmonary disease and across the cancer continuum
Exercise across the lifespan

Reviews summary

Exercise prescription for preventing and treating diseases

The course is expected to enhance healthcare professionals' understanding of how exercise can prevent and treat diseases. It is designed for individuals with no prior experience or qualifications in exercise prescription. The course covers topics such as how the body responds to physical exercise, the evidence behind exercise prescription, physical activity guidelines, perceptions of exercise prescription, measuring physical activity, exercise for brain health and musculoskeletal system, exercise for cardiovascular disease, metabolic disease, pulmonary disease, cancer, and exercise across the lifespan.

Career center

Learners who complete Exercise Prescription for the Prevention and Treatment of Disease will develop knowledge and skills that may be useful to these careers: