Course content
This PhD course presents and discuss various measuring methods and data related to the assessment of maximal muscle strength/power of human skeletal muscle, including explosive muscle strength, and the evaluation of neuromuscular function. Furthermore, methods to assess muscle morphology, fibertype composition and MHC distribution will be presented, along with a number of cellular and molecular analysis methods including measurements of mRNA expression and myogenic stem cell (satellite cell) activation/proliferation. Finally, various methods to assess tendon‐aponeurosis function in vivo from the macro level to the molecular level will be presented and discussed. Presentations and discussions typically will address specific types of interventions (i.e. training, injury, immobilization) in relation to various clinical aspects and subject groups (i.e. athletes, clinical patients, elderly, very old).
Learning outcome
Course participants will achieve knowledge about the assessment of (and adaptive plasticity) in: mechanical muscle function, neuronal function, muscle morphology and architecture, myofibre growth and atrophy factors incl. molecular cell signaling pathways, myogenic satellite cells, aging and sarcopenia, functional capacity in ADL, immobilization and disuse, assessment in patients with chronic diseases (osteoarthritis, chronic heart disease, chronic pulmonary disease, stroke patients), tendinopathy and recurrent muscle strain injury, testing of elite athletes, aspects related to tendon and aponeurosis function in vivo.
Price
The course is free of charge for PhD students enrolled at the Faculty of Health Sciences at SDU.
For PhD students enrolled at other Universities that have joined the "Open market agreement" the course fee is DKK 1216,-
The course fee for other participants is DKK 6405,-