Ives Jeffrey C, Knudson Duane
Department of Exercise and Sport Sciences, Ithaca College, Ithaca, New York 14850, USA.
Sports Med. 2007;37(2):103-15. doi: 10.2165/00007256-200737020-00002.
This article describes the current outlook for professional practice for graduates majoring in exercise science. A review of professional and experimental literature reveals that graduates of undergraduate programmes in exercise science are not as prepared as they should be in order to provide professional and comprehensive advice on exercise and human performance, because of the focused academic and professional requirements of exercise physiology. In contrast to the direction of training in other allied health professions, this trend of narrowing of the exercise science curriculum to focus on exercise physiology, at the expense of other subdisciplines in kinesiology, has contributed to a decreasing scope of practice and lack of uniqueness, and has reduced the effectiveness of exercise science graduates. This review focuses on an accumulating body of evidence indicating that improving the training in biomechanics and motor behaviour could increase the professional expertise of exercise science graduates. Small improvements in the exercise science curriculum in biomechanics and motor behaviour are proposed that would move toward greater balance and integration of the academic disciplines in kinesiology and better professional practice in exercise science. The drift away from a balance and integration of academic preparation in exercise science represents a threat to the acceptance of exercise science graduates as exercise professionals that needs to be corrected for the field to advance.
本文描述了运动科学专业毕业生当前的职业前景。对专业文献和实验文献的回顾表明，由于运动生理学对学术和专业要求的专注，运动科学本科课程的毕业生在提供有关运动和人类表现的专业且全面的建议方面，并未达到应有的准备程度。与其他相关健康专业的培训方向相反，运动科学课程以牺牲运动机能学的其他子学科为代价，向专注于运动生理学的方向发展，这导致了实践范围的缩小和缺乏独特性，并降低了运动科学毕业生的效能。本综述聚焦于越来越多的证据，这些证据表明加强生物力学和运动行为方面的培训可以提高运动科学毕业生的专业水平。文中提出了对运动科学课程在生物力学和运动行为方面进行小的改进，这将朝着运动机能学中学术学科更平衡、更融合以及运动科学中更好的专业实践方向发展。运动科学学术准备偏离平衡与融合的趋势，对运动科学毕业生被认可为运动专业人员构成了威胁，该领域要取得进展就需要纠正这一问题。
