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STH008 Physiology for Training - University of Bedfordshire

Learning outcome 1: Demonstrate knowledge and advanced understanding through employing a discussion of human physiological responses to different exercise stimuli.

Learning outcome 2: Demonstrate your skill and ability to measure and interpret various physiological tests and techniques

• Demonstrate correct measurement and subsequent interpretation of physiological data
• Appraise the scientific theories underpinning relevant physiological responses and
adaptations to exercise
• Explain how different exercise or training stimuli influence the human body
• Appraise the techniques and analyses used to assess muscle function

• Produce clear logical format with sections appropriate to scientific reports or research article.
• Adhere to academic writing guidelines for font size, margins, table/graph format, writing style and referencing. Use scientific language, avoid ambiguity and keep concise.
• Demonstrate level 5 skills of being able to understand current literature on the research topic and use it to discuss, evaluate and underpin your findings within your report.

Specific guidelines

The lab report should follow the structure outlined below and be 2,000 words + 10%.

Lab Report - The scientific lab report should be in line with the format taught in the unit, concise and be based around the following structure:

Introduction: A brief and concisely written introduction to the subject of the lab chosen to report, succinctly introduce the broad research area i.e. provide a background; indicate why the information/data is important and finally state the purpose of the investigation i.e. the ‘aim'.

Method: The methods are a brief, yet detailed, summary of "what happened" and "to whom". You must present the mean (± standard deviation) participants age, height and mass and exact number that took part (including details of how many of each gender). You must also include detailed information relating to the equipment (make, model and country), materials and method(s)/protocol(s) that produced your data. The methods should be presented in a logical fashion, allowing the reader to repeat your experiment easily.

Results: This section is a summary of the acquired data for the specific practical session. In this section, you should concisely outline the main findings of your laboratory session using tables and/or graphs (table or graph - not both for the same data!) with appropriate labelling of captions and axis. The language used should include the correct scientific terminology and units to describe numerical values. There should be a brief written description of each piece of data presented. Please note, the results are only presented and described in this section - they are not discussed!

Discussion and Implications of Results: In this section, you should attempt to interpret the findings of your lab session. Appropriate

comments need to be made on the reported results and a good attempt to link the results to previous research and relevant scientific facts i.e. information in textbooks and/or scientific journal articles. Clear reflective thought on the relevance of information and the relationship to previous knowledge i.e. that in textbooks and/or journal articles should be evident. All information sources need to be clearly noted and identified formally with correct referencing.

Conclusion and Action Plan: - After interpreting the results, apply a plan that could be advised for the population/participant(s). The conclusion provides a brief summary of the findings and inferred hypotheses from the practical session. In other words, briefly state the most important findings, any strengths or weaknesses or the data collection process and what you think the results mean. Use the conclusions to suggest an action plan for the future.

Spelling, grammar, referencing & presentation:  - Ensure throughout the lab report you have adhered to the department referencing style (a referencing guide is at the back of this booklet to help you understand the referencing process), clearly and logically laid each section out and written in an academic writing style (3rd person). In addition, ensure you have applied correct captions and labels to figures (graphs, images etc.) and tables.

Attachment:- Physiology for Training.rar