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PROF. DR. PIETRO ENRICO DI PRAMPERO – AN HONORARY 
DOCTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF PRIMORSKA
Prof. Pietro Enrico di Prampero, born on April 4, 1940, in the Italian city of Udine, 
graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Milan in 1964 and con-
cluded his specialisation in sports medicine in 1968.
He had already commenced his extensive scientific research by the mid 1960s when 
he published a number of scientific works in the field of studying the energetics of 
muscle contraction, which had been a completely unexplored field at that time. With the 
many colleagues who joined him in his research challenges, Prof. di Prampero focused 
on examining and researching anaerobic metabolic processes, the speed of muscle con-
traction and the thermodynamic efficiency of muscle contraction.
At the same time, he also dedicated significant efforts to exploring the important role 
and various aspects of the energy processes of training and exercising, as well as the 
biomechanical laws of human movement. Prof. di Prampero’s research during the 1980s 
focused mainly on examining human physiology and both the functions and adaptations 
of the human organism in a zero gravity environment. It is also vital to mention his sig-
nificant contribution in researching the responses of the human body to extreme condi-
tions. This body of research includes numerous studies which he managed and conducted 
for the European Space Agency. It is in this field which he initiated the cooperation with 
the Institute for Kinesiology Research in 2003 and which continues today.
During his career Prof. di Prampero has to his credit more than 330 publications, 
136 of them in SCI journals (41 publications as the first author), more than 20 reviews 
and other papers. He is the author of several scientific works: Physiological Chemis-
try of Exercise & Training (Medicine and Sport), 1981; in The Anaerobic Threshold: 
Physiological and Clinical Significance (Advances in Cardiology), 1987.
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He has been conveying his knowledge to students since 1964 when he was an as-
sistant at the Institute of Human Physiology at the University of Milan, and later as a 
professor of Applied Physiology at the Universities of Milan, Geneva and Udine.
As visiting professor and researcher, he has also worked in institutes in Gottingen, 
Germany, in Toronto, Canada, at the State University of New York, at the University 
of Mogadish in Somalia, and at the University of Yaorunde in Cameroon, etc. During 
the period from 1989 to 1994, he was the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine in Udine. In 
2000, he established the School of Sport Sciences at the University of Udine and man-
aged it as its first director.
Prof. di Prampero has worked in several organisations and working groups: The Life 
Sciences Working Group of the European Space Agency (ESA), as a member (1986–89) 
and as the chairman (1989–91); from 1991 to 1994 he was the member of the Micro-
gravity Advisory Committee of European Space Agency, in 1994 he was the member of 
the Expert Scientific Council of the Italian Space Agency (ASI): for the Life Sciences. 
He also cooperated in the Biochemistry of Exercise of the International Council of 
Sport Science Research Group.
He was a member of the board of editors of the European Journal of Applied Physiol-
ogy for more than 25 years and was the chief editor from 1998 to 2007. He was also a 
member of the board of editors of the following journals: Journal de Physiologie (Paris) 
(1983–87); Respiration Physiology (1987–91); Scandinavian J. of Medicine and Science 
in Sports (1990–95) and the Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness (since1992).
Prof. di Parmpero is a member of the Italian Physiologists Association, a member of 
the New York Academy of Science and the International Academy of Astronautics. He 
was also an active member of UNESCO from 1978 to 1997.
We are pleased that the Science and Research Centre of the University of Primorska is 
a part of his career, since he has been actively cooperating along with his colleagues from 
the University of Udine in research studies at our institute since 2003. His contributions 
should be noted in cooperation with international projects: BED REST – The impact of 
simulated zero gravity on human organism (2006, 2007, 2008), Altitude acclimatisation 
(2008–2009), S4H – Space for Health (2010), Central and peripheral limitations to oxi-
dative metabolism in body builders (2009–2010), and in the recently acquired Interreg 
project – PANGEA – Body activity and food for quality ageing (2001–2014). He also 
participated in five conferences organised by the Science and Research Institute IKARUS 
and he is the co-author of an independent publication in our scientific paper. We are espe-
cially honoured that he has been lecturing at the new post-graduate study programme of 
UP Famnit: Applied Kinesiology (2nd degree), and that he is also the main lecturer of the 
course titled The abilities and limits of aerobic and anaerobic exercise.
In April of last year, Prof. di Prampero celebrated his 70th birthday within the cir-
cle of scientists and researchers, people with whom he has spent the major part of his 
extensive research career. This celebration was also the appropriate occasion for organ-
ising an international symposium Exercise Physiology and the Limits of Human Per-
formance – a tribute to Prof. Pietro E. di Prampero and for publishing a special edition 
of the renowned scientific journal, European Journal of Applied Physiology, presenting 
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his extensive research opus. The IKARUS team was pleased and honoured to have the 
possibility to be a part of this celebration.
Prof. di Prampero retired in November 2010, however, he continues passing his 
knowledge on to students and researchers at many universities where he is invited as a 
lecturer and researcher. We are proud that the University of Primorska and its Institute 
for Kinesiology Research of the Science and Research Centre, as well as the study pro-
grammes of Applied Kinesiology at the Faculty of Mathematics, Natural Science and 
IT are involved in this collaboration.
Everything presented here clearly demonstrates that Professor Pietro Enrico di 
Prampero is one of the world’s top researchers in the field of human physiology in 
zero gravity space. We were pleased that upon our proposal and with the excellent as-
sessments of four renowned local and foreign scientists and experts, the Senate of the 
University of Primorska chose to award Prof. Dr. Pietro Enrico di Prampero the title 
Doctor Honoris Causae of the University of Primorska.
Those who have or had the opportunity to work with Prof. di Prampero have expe-
rienced his greatness, his attitude toward science and people, students and colleagues. 
It seems that this world is too small for him, and that is why we hope to continue our 
cooperation and look forward to having many possibilities to learn from him.
On behalf of the Institute of Kinesiology Research at UP ZRS
Prof. Dr. Rado Pišot, Head of the Institute of
Kinesiology Research at UP ZRS
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PROF. DR. PIETRO ENRICO DI PRAMPERO – ČASTNI DOKTOR 
UNIVERZE NA PRIMORSKEM
Prof. Pietro Enrico di Prampero, roj. 4. 4. 1940 v Vidmu v Italiji, je leta 1964 diplo-
miral na Medicinski fakulteti Univerze v Milanu ter se leta 1968 nadalje specializiral 
v medicini športa.
Njegov začetek obsežnega znanstveno-raziskovalnega dela sega že v sredino 60. 
let 20. stoletja, ko je objavil vrsto znanstvenih del o takrat popolnoma neraziskanem 
področju proučevanja energetskih procesov mišičnega krčenja. S sodelavci, ki so se 
mu v teh raziskovalnih izzivih priključili, se je usmeril na proučevanje in raziskovanje 
anaerobnih presnovnih procesov, hitrosti mišičnega krčenja in termodinamične učinko-
vitosti mišičnega krčenja.
Vzporedno s temi raziskavami je posvečal veliko časa tudi odkrivanju pomembne 
vloge in različnih vidikov energijskih procesov treninga in vadbe ter biomehanskih 
zakonitosti človekovega gibanja. Nadalje se je njegovo raziskovalno delo v 80. letih 
usmerjalo predvsem na proučevanje fiziologije človeka in delovanja ter adaptacij člo-
vekovega organizma v breztežnem prostoru. Pri tem je treba omeniti njegov pomemben 
prispevek v raziskovanje odziva človekovega telesa na ekstremne pogoje, med katere 
sodijo številne študije, ki jih je vodil in opravil za Evropsko vesoljsko agencijo. Ravno 
na tem področju se je leta 2003 tudi začelo sodelovanje s takratnim ZRS RS – Inštitu-
tom za kineziološke raziskave, ki traja še danes.
V svojem bogatem raziskovalnem obdobju je objavil preko 330 del, od tega 136 
objav v SCI revijah (kar enainštiridesetkrat kot prvi avtor), preko 20 recenzij in de-
lov monografij. Je avtor več znanstvenih knjig: Physiological chemistry of exercise & 
training (Medicine and sport), 1981, in The anaerobic threshold: Physiological and 
clinical significance (Advances in cardiology), 1987.
Svoje bogato znanje podaja študentom že od leta 1964, ko je pričel z asistenturo na 
Inštitutu za fiziologijo človeka na Univerzi v Milanu ter nadalje kot profesor Aplikativne 
fiziologije na Univerzah v Milanu, Ženevi ter Vidmu. Kot gostujoči profesor in raziskovalec 
pa je deloval na inštitutih v Göttingenu v Nemčiji, v Torontu v Kanadi, na Newyorški držav-
ni univerzi, na Univerzi v Mogadishu v Somaliji, na Univerzi v Yaorunde v Kamerunu itd.
V letih od 1989 do 1994 je kot prvi dekan vodil Medicinsko fakulteto v Vidmu. Leta 
2000 je ustanovil School of Sport Sciences University of Udine in jo vodil kot prvi direktor.
Deloval je v več organizacijah in delovnih skupinah: Life Sciences Working Group 
of the European Space Agency (ESA), kot član (1986–1989) in kot predsednik (1989–
1991); od 1991–1994 kot član komiteja Microgravity Advisory Committee of European 
Space Agency, letu 1994 je bil član Expert Scientific Council of the Italian Space Agen-
cy (ASI): for the Life Sciences. Sodeloval je tudi v raziskovalni skupini Biochemistry of 
Exercise of the International Council of Sport Science and Physical.
Več kot 25 let je bil član uredniškega odbora znanstvene revije European Journal of 
Applied Physiology in med leti 1998 in 2007 tudi njen odgovorni urednik. Kot član ure-
dniškega odbora je sodeloval še v revijah: Journal de Physiologie (Paris) (1983–1987); 
Respiration Physiology (1987–1991); Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in 
Sports (1990–95) ter Journal of Sports Medicine and Physical Fitness (od 1992 dalje).
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Prof. di Parmpero je član Združenja italijanskih fiziologov, član Newyorške Akade-
mije za znanost ter Mednarodne akademije za astronavtiko. Od leta 1978 do 1997, kar 
19 let, je bil tudi aktivni član UNESCA.
Zadovoljni smo, da smo bili tudi na UP ZRS deležni njegovega bogatega razisko-
valnega dela, saj že od leta 2003 skupaj s sodelavci Univerze v Vidmu aktivno sodeluje 
pri raziskovalnem delu našega inštituta. Njegov prispevek lahko izpostavimo v sodelo-
vanju na mednarodnih projektih BED REST – Vpliv simulirane breztežnosti na orga-
nizem človeka (2006, 2007, 2008), na projektu Višinska aklimatizacija (2008–2009), 
S4H – Space for Health (2010), projektu Central and peripheral limitations to oxida-
tive metabolism in body builders (2009–2010) in nedavno pridobljenem Interreg pro-
jektu – PANGEA – Telesna aktivnost in prehrana za kakovostno staranje (2011–2014). 
Z odmevnimi temami je sodeloval na petih konferencah, ki smo jih organizirali na UP 
ZRS IKARUS, je soavtor samostojnega prispevka naše znanstvene monografije ter, kar 
nam je še posebej v čast, v zadnjih letih tudi nosilec predmeta Zmožnosti in meje aerob-
ne in anaerobne vadbe ter predavatelj na novem podiplomskem študijskem programu 
UP Famnit: Aplikativna kineziologija (2. stopnja).
Prof. Di Prampero je lani aprila praznoval svoj 70. rojstni dan v krogu znanstveni-
kov in raziskovalcev, ljudi, s katerimi je preživel pretežni del svoje bogate raziskoval-
ne kariere. Ob njegovem jubileju je bil posebej organiziran tudi mednarodni simpozij 
Exercise Physiology and the Limits of Human Performance – a tribute to prof. Pietro 
E. di Prampero, bila je objavljena posebna številka v priznani znanstveni reviji Europe-
an Journal of Applied Physiology s predstavitvijo njegovega bogatega raziskovalnega 
opusa. Pri oblikovanju te številke smo v naše veselje sodelovali tudi člani IKARUS-a.
Prof. Di Prampero se je z novembrom 2010 upokojil, vendar pa svoje znanje še 
naprej prenaša na študente in raziskovalce številnih univerz, kjer redno sodeluje kot 
gostujoči predavatelj in sodelujoči raziskovalec. Štejemo si v posebno čast, da med te 
sodi tudi Univerza na Primorskem, njen Inštitut za kineziološke raziskave Znanstveno-
-raziskovalnega središča in študijski programi Aplikativne kineziologije Fakultete za 
matematiko, naravoslovje in informacijske tehnologije.
Z vsem navedenim je več kot očitno, da profesor Pietro Enrico Di Prampero sodi 
v svetovni vrh raziskav fiziologije človeka v breztežnostnem prostoru. V izjemno čast 
nam je bilo, da je na naš predlog in ob odličnih ocenah štirih domačih in tujih priznanih 
znanstvenikov in strokovnjakov Senat Univerze na Primorskem odločil, da se prof. dr. 
Pietru Enricu di Pramperu podeli naziv doctor honoris causae Univerze na Primorskem.
Tistim, ki imamo in smo imeli priložnost delati s prof. Di Pramperom, ki smo obču-
tili njegovo širino, odnos do znanosti in ljudi, študentov in kolegov, se v njegovi bližini 
preprosto zazdi, da je ta svet zanj preozek. Zato si le želimo, da bi lahko še veliko so-
delovali in imeli možnosti se še veliko od njega naučiti.
V imenu sodelavcev Inštituta za Kineziološke raziskave UP ZRS
prof. dr. Rado Pišot, predstojnik
Inštituta za kineziološke
raziskave UP ZRS
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THERMOPHYSIOLOGY 450 YEARS AFTER SANTORIO SANTORIO
SCIENTIFIC MEETING – KINESIOLOGY FOR THE FUTURE – KOPER, 
MARCH 29TH AND 30TH, 2011
The first scientific meeting in honour of the (2011) double anniversary of Santorio 
Santorio in 2011, organized by the Universities of Primorska and Padua, which took 
place on March 29th and 30th, 2011, in Koper, Slovenia. March 29th was the 450th an-
niversary of Santorio’s birth in Koper.
The scientific meeting dealt with Santorio’s work from a historical perspective and 
the role of the university in his time as well as the importance of his work in the devel-
opment of kinesiology and its related sciences. There was a selection of current physi-
ological topics with an emphasis on thermophysiology. Talks were held by scientists 
from the region, so an insight into regional research was given as well. The scientific 
meeting strengthened the cooperation between the University of Primorska and the 
University of Padua which had previously been connected by joint research projects. 
Collaboration amongst students was initiated via the visit of three students from the 
University of Padua who attended the meeting. It is our hope that this collaboration 
will become stronger during the second meeting when students from the University of 
Primorska will visit Padua.
The second scientific meeting devoted to Santorio will be held in Padua on October 
5th and 6th, 2011, in honour of the 400th anniversary of the appointment of Santorio 
as a full professor at the University of Padua. This meeting will deal with Santorio’s 
inventions from a historical perspective and the tools used for the study of physiology 
during his time. Also presented during the meeting will be the intellectual environment 
in which he worked, and the meeting will continue with the themes from modern bio-
medicine. The second meeting is also jointly organized by both Universities.
Nina Mohorko, PhD
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TERMOFIZIOLOGIJA 450 LET PO SANTORIU SANTORIU
ZNANSTVENI SESTANEK – KINEZIOLOGIJA ZA PRIHODNOST, 
KOPER, 29. IN 30. MAREC 2011
Prvi znanstveni sestanek v čast dvojne obletnice Santoria Santoria v letu 2011, ki sta 
ga organizirali Univerza na Primorskem in Univerza v Padovi, se je odvil 29. in 30. marca 
2011 v Kopru. 29. marca je bila namreč 450-letnica Santorijevega rojstva v Kopru.
Sestanek je zajel zgodovinsko perspektivo Santorievega dela in pomena univerze v 
njegovem času ter pomen njegovega dela za kineziologijo in sorodne znanosti tedanje-
ga in sedanjega časa. Nadaljeval se je z aktualnimi temami iz fiziologije, s poudarkom 
na termofiziologiji. Predavali so znanstveniki iz regije in tako predstavili tudi znanstve-
no dogajanje v njej sami. Znanstveni sestanek je okrepil sodelovanje med Univerzo 
na Primorskem in Univerzo v Padovi, ki sta na raziskovalnih projektih sodelovali že 
predhodno. Z obiskom treh študentov z Univerze v Padovi so se začela tudi študentska 
povezovanja, upamo, da bodo slednja z udeležbo koprskih študentov na drugem sestan-
ku v Padovi še okrepljena.
Drugi znanstveni sestanek, posvečen Santoriu, bo 5. in 6. oktobra 2011 v Padovi, 
ob 400-letnici Santorievega imenovanja za rednega profesorja na Univerzi v Padovi. 
Sestanek bo zajel zgodovinsko perspektivo Santorievih izumov in pripomočkov za raz-
iskave v tedanji fiziologiji, predstavil intelektualno okolje, v katerem je deloval, in se 
nadaljeval s temami iz sodobne biomedicine. Tudi ta sestanek družno organizirata obe 
Univerzi.
dr. Nina Mohorko
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8th EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION FOR SOCIOLOGY 
OF SPORT CONFERENCE, 
UMEÅ, SWEDEN, MAY 18th–22nd 2011
Sport becomes a cultural expression in societies all over the world; therefore it is 
possible to see it as an international language which forms a bridge between the local 
and the global. Studies on sport and people in motion are important in terms of a local 
as well as a global perspective. These issues were the main themes of the 8th EASS 
conference: People in Motion – Bridging the Local and the Global. The aim of the 
conference was a shared awareness of the role of sport as a new civic right and as a 
privileged instrument for analyzing the cultural change which helps social scientists to 
rediscover their basic mission. 
Over 130 different oral and poster presentations were held during the conference. 
They were divided into 13 different subtopics (sections) and were a perfect method for 
the exchange empirical, theoretical and cross disciplinary knowledge and experiences 
among over 200 participants.
The conference was attended by two active members of the Institute for Kinesiolo-
gy Research, Scientific and Research Centre Koper, University of Primorska who gave 
oral presentations Active family – Local and Global Issue on the new findings from 
the national scientific project entitled Analysis of Elementary Movement Patterns and 
Adaptation of Skeletal-Muscle Systems in Some of the Factors of the Modern Life Style 
of Children Between 4 and 7 Years of Age. 
The next conference will be held in Bern, Switzerland, in June 2012.
Saša Pišot, MA
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8. KONFERENCA EVROPSKEGA ZDRUŽENJA 
ZA SOCIOLOGIJO ŠPORTA
UMEÅ, ŠVEDSKA, 18.–22. MAJ 2011
Šport po vsem svetu postaja izraz in del kulture, zato ga lahko dojemamo kot med-
narodni jezik povezovanja lokalnega in globalnega sveta. Vse to pa daje še dodaten 
pomen raziskovanju športa in človekove gibalne aktivnost z lokalne in globalne per-
spektive. Na to se je navezovala tudi glavna tema letošnje konference: Ljudje v gibanju 
– povezovanje lokalnega z globalnim s ciljem izmenjave znanja in izkušenj o vlogi 
športa in človekovega gibanja kot novi civilni pravici in kot instrumenta proučevanja 
kulturnih sprememb.
Na konferenci se je predstavilo preko 130 različnih raziskovalcev in strokovnjakov 
s 13 specifičnih področij, kar je omogočalo bogato priložnost za izmenjavo empiričnih 
in teoretičnih spoznanj  med preko 200 udeleženci.
S strani Inštituta za kineziološke raziskave, UP ZRS, sta se konference udeležila 
dva člana, ki sta aktivno predstavila del rezultatov obširne raziskave Aktivna družina – 
lokalni in globalni vidik nacionalnega temeljnega projekta Analiza elementarnih gibal-
nih vzorcev in adaptacija skeletno-mišičnega sistema na nekatere dejavnike sodobnega 
življenjskega sloga otrok med 4. in 7. letom starosti.
Naslednja letna konferenca EASS bo v Švici, v Bernu, junija 2012.
Saša Pišot, mag.
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THE SECOND INTERNATIONAL SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE ON 
»EXERCISE AND QUALITY OF LIFE« EQOL
Between the 24th and 26th of March 2011, the scientific conference Exercise and 
Quality of Life EQOL was held in Novi Sad, Serbia with international participation. 
The aim of the conference was to encourage physical activity for the health and well-
being of individuals as different forms of physical activity and exercise, such as active 
games, recreational and professional sports have a significant impact on quality of life. 
Clearly, this requires an interdisciplinary approach and a strong support of scientific 
research studies related to exercise. The above-mentioned approach encourages the 
participation of experts from various fields such as sports, education, medicine, psy-
chology, politics and other relevant disciplines.
The conference was attended by nine active members of the Institute for Kinesiol-
ogy Research, Scientific and Research Centre Koper, University of Primorska. The re-
sults of our scientific research derived from different scientific projects of the Institute 
for Kinesiology Research, which were presented in the form of posters and active learn-
ing. These projects have been fully published in a peer-reviewed journal of lectures.
Mihaela Jurdana, PhD
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DRUGA MEDNARODNA ZNANSTVENA KONFERENCA »EXERCISE 
AND QUALITY OF LIFE« EQOL
Od 24. do 26. marca 2011 je potekala znanstvena konferenca Exercise and Quality 
of Life EQOL z mednarodno udeležbo v Novem Sadu, Srbija. Cilj konference je bil 
spodbuditi telesno aktivnost za zdravje in dobro počutje posameznikov, saj različne 
oblike telesne aktivnosti in vadbe, od aktivne igre do rekreativnega in vrhunskega špor-
ta, bistveno vplivajo na kakovost življenja. Nedvomno to zahteva interdisciplinarni pri-
stop in močno podporo znanstvenih raziskovalnih vprašanj, povezanih s telesno vadbo. 
Potreba po takem pristopu spodbuja sodelovanje strokovnjakov z različnih področij: 
športa, izobraževanja, medicine, psihologije, politike in drugih ustreznih strok.
Konference se je aktivno udeležilo devet članov Inštituta za kineziološke raziskave 
Znanstveno-raziskovalnega središča Univerze na Primorskem. Rezultati našega znan-
stveno-raziskovalnega dela, pridobljeni iz različnih projektov Inštituta za kineziološke 
raziskave, so bili aktivno predstavljeni v obliki posterjev in aktivnih predavanj, ki so v 
celoti objavljeni v recenziranem zborniku predavanj.
dr. Mihaela Jurdana
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BOOK REVIEW 
MATEJ SUPEJ: BIOMECHANICS 1, student book,
Faculty of Sports, University of Ljubljana, 2011, 111 pages
It is important for a sports expert to have knowledge regarding natural sciences such 
as functional anatomy, physiology, biomechanics etc. in order to be able to meet the 
standards of high quality professional work. With the book Biomechanics 1, we now 
have the first Slovene university level textbook on the field of biomechanics in human 
kinesiology. It contains clear presentations of the basic topics of biomechanics enriched 
by the applied examples from sports. The author is Assistant Professor Dr. Matej Supej 
Ph.D., who, with his background in physics, is a prominent, internationally recognized 
researcher as well as a former competitor and later also a coach and a national demo 
team member in alpine skiing. Even if he is strongly engaged in scientific work, he has 
sustained a practical orientation and collaboration with top level sports and now also 
acts as a consultant and a lecturer at the national and international level. 
The author of the textbook first presents the basics of kinematics, which does 
not question the sources of movements, but rather describes it using purely funda-
mental physical quantities. After specifying the shapes and complexities of objects, 
descriptions of constant movement and straight and curved accelerated movement 
are described using different types of throws. This is followed by the chapter on the 
dynamics of movement which describes the forces which cause changes in veloc-
ity and/or the direction of movement. The author informs the reader about the laws 
regarding the action of forces such as basic laws regarding movement, friction, the 
flow of fluids, etc.
Informative examples are given throughout the text including that of the flight path 
of a rotating ball when explaining the Magnus Effect; landing after a drop jump and 
using the example of a dancing couple when speaking about force impulse and the 
collision of two bodies; knee valgus torque in relation to the width of a ski; and many 
more. The author continuously builds up the content of the textbook, for example in 
the introductory explanations he creates a base for the understanding of Steiner`s Law 
or understanding the role the eccentric take-off has in a successfully executed summer-
sault in gymnastics. In the last part of the book, Dr. Supej presents topics from the fields 
of mechanical work, energy and power. Practical, illustrated examples of potential, 
kinetic and elastic energy (height of a jump, gigantic swing and bungee-jumping) are 
summarized with the Law of Preservation of Mechanical Energy. 
The textbook, also accessible biomechanics on the web page http://www.fsp.uni-lj.
si/COBISS/Monografije/SupejBiomehanika1.pdf, fills in the missing gap in the field of 
sports biomechanics. Because of its applied orientation, this textbook will be certainly 
useful as study material not only for students in sports science, but also for students and 
professionals from different fields such as medicine, ergonomics, sports technologies, 
orthopaedics, etc.
 Dr. Supej, as your colleague and a researcher/lecturer in the field of kinesiology, I 
would like to thank you for your textbook, Biomechanics 1 (Slovene title: Biomehanika 
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1). I also believe that I can, in the name of our many colleagues, say that Biomechanics 
2 and 3 would also be more than welcome. We need such textbooks in order to be able 
to further a science-based sports practice in Slovenia and, at the same time, to be more 
effective and successful in our cross and interdisciplinary communication.
Nejc Šarabon, PhD
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RECENZIJA KNJIGE  
MATEJ SUPEJ: BIOMEHANIKA 1, učbenik,
Fakulteta za šport, Univerza v Ljubljani, 2011, 111 strani
Za kakovostno strokovno delo v športu je nujno dobro poznavanje nekaterih te-
meljnih naravoslovnih ved, kot so funkcionalna anatomija, fiziologija, biomehanika in 
druge. Z učbenikom Biomehanika 1 smo dobili prvi slovenski visokošolski učbenik s 
področja biomehanike v kineziologiji. V njem so na jasen način predstavljene temeljne 
biomehanske vsebine in aplikativni primeri iz športa. Avtor doc. dr. Matej Supej, po 
svoji temeljni izobrazbi fizik, je odličen raziskovalec svetovnega kova, bil pa je tudi 
tekmovalec, demonstrator in trener v alpskem smučanju. Ob svojem poglabljanju v 
znanstveno-raziskovalna vprašanja nenehno ohranja uporabno naravnanost in posle-
dično ohranja stik z vrhunskim športom kot strokovni svetovalec in predavatelj doma 
in v svetu. 
Učbenik najprej poda osnove kinematike, ki se ne sprašuje o izvorih gibanja, tem-
več gibanje kot takšno zgolj opiše s fizikalnimi količinami. Opredelitvi različnih oblik 
in kompleksnosti teles sledijo predstavitve enakomernega, pospešenega premočrtnega 
in ukrivljenih gibanj na primerih različnih vrst metov. Sledi poglavje o dinamiki, v 
katerem so predstavljene sile, ki povzročajo spremembe smeri oziroma hitrosti gibanja. 
Avtor učbenika bralca seznani s ključnimi zakonitostmi o delovanju sil, kot so osnovni 
zakoni o gibanju, trenju, obtekanju tekočine in drugi. Skozi tekst se vrstijo nazorni 
praktični primeri, kot so let rotirajoče žoge za ponazoritev Magnusovega efekta, glo-
binski doskok in drsalni par za boljše razumevanje sunka sile, gibalne količine in trka 
teles; valgusni navor kolenskega sklepa v odvisnosti od širine smučke in številni drugi. 
Avtor vsebine vseskozi nadgrajuje, na primer s predhodnimi razlagami pripravi osnovo 
za razumevanje pomena Steinerjevega zakona ali pa pomena ekscentričnega odriva 
za kakovostno izvedbo prevrata prosto naprej v gimnastiki. V zadnjem delu učbenika 
doc. dr. Matej Supej predstavi vsebine s področja mehanskega dela, energije in moči. 
S primeri (skok v višino, veletoč, skok z elastiko) podkrepljene razlage potencialne, 
kinetične in prožnostne energije zaključi z izrekom ohranitvi mehanske energije.
Učbenik, dostopen tudi preko spletnega naslova http://www.fsp.uni-lj.si/COBISS/
Monografije/SupejBiomehanika1.pdf, zapolnjuje vrzel na področju biomehanike špor-
ta in je zaradi svoje aplikativne usmerjenosti dobrodošlo učno gradivo ne le za študente 
športa, temveč tudi za mnoge druge študente in strokovnjake s področij fizikalne medi-
cine, ergonomije, športne tehnologije, ortopedije idr. Matej, kot kolega in kineziolog, 
se ti zahvaljujem za Biomehaniko 1 in menim, da lahko tudi v imenu mnogih drugih 
kolegov rečem: več kot dobrodošli bi bili tudi Biomehanika 2 in 3. Takšne učbenike 
potrebujemo, da bomo lahko še bolj učinkovito razvijali na znanosti temelječo športno 
stroko v Sloveniji in bili prepričljivi v komunikaciji s sebi sorodnimi strokami.
dr. Nejc Šarabon
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“THE SANTORIO SANCTORII AWARD” – IN RECOGNITION OF THE 
MOST SUCCESSFUL STUDENTS OF APPLIED KINESIOLOGY
Naming an award or some form of recognition after an individual requires from all 
decision-makers involved much more than just a moment of inspiration and good will 
in commemorating a person, or of creating the possibility of recognising and awarding 
the efforts of other people. In the academic sphere, such a decision means wilfully tak-
ing on all responsibilities and commitments associated with creating that award. It is 
the responsibility of honouring great personalities whose names we dare to borrow and 
who have contributed to our society to a much greater extent than we generally realise. 
It is the commitment to further engage in and continue to improve upon their work and 
to consider the criteria of excellence which these great individuals had followed. Such a 
decision also requires a profound deliberation as to whether or not the persons who are 
candidates for receiving such an award or recognition have distinguished themselves 
in their field or whether or not they are worthy of receiving such recognition based on 
their work and the results they have achieved.
As is usual in such cases, the mosaic which is made up of the thousands of events in 
the life and work of this great man from Koper has been put together slowly and persis-
tently. Since it is impossible to describe the contributions Santorio Sanctorii made to the 
field of natural sciences in only a few sentences - the academy, universal thought and the 
sphere in which he worked, I shall leave this to my learned colleagues, each of whom 
brings with them the expertise of their discipline and field.  Instead, I shall try to sum-
marise the fundamental starting points which guided us to celebrate Santorio Sanctorii, 
the great but unjustly forgotten man. I shall also attempt to connect his knowledge and 
excellence to Koper as it is today, to the young university that was established a few cen-
turies after Santorio, and to the academy – lecturers and students who, even as we speak, 
are developing many of his ideas and the knowledge that he provided many years ago.
There are at least three significant reasons which justify this award or better yet, 
oblige us to return Santorio to this sphere with all honours.
The first reason is the fact that Santorio Sanctorii was most certainly one of the 
greatest and most prominent natural scientists born in Koper, who always and every-
where spoke proudly about the town of his birth. It is quite irrelevant whether or not 
his father from Cividale del Friuli was a Slovenian (Svetina – as presented by some 
sources, Šercer, 1950), since the fields to which he dedicated his life’s work never had 
nor never will see any limits. When we as children ran through the streets of Koper, 
only the name of one street which was called for a great doctor, researcher, scientist, 
and inventor reached our minds. Later on we learned at school that among other instru-
ments, Santorio contributed significantly to the development of the thermometer. Many 
other achievements of Santorio are most likely but unfortunately unknown to many 
people from Koper, to Slovenians and also to the world.
The second reason which gives special meaning to this award is Santorio’s aca-
demic work and the role which he especially appreciated and to which he completely 
dedicated himself. Most certainly, the honourable lecturer at the University of Padua, 
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which was a closest university closest to Koper (and the second oldest university in the 
world) at the time of the establishment of Accademia Palladiana, the Koper Science 
Association, did not think about on the possibility of establishing the University of 
Primorska, and this also supports the fact that the University of Primorska was estab-
lished later on. Even when he specified in his will that six out of ten students who would 
receive scholarships financed from the fund that was established after his death on the 
basis of his legacy, should originate from Koper (Grmek, 1953), he most certainly did 
not even imagine that the study programmes, the bases and knowledge for which he 
himself provided, would emerge right here.
The third reason is his great legacy of knowledge, inventions and instruments. The 
restless research-oriented spirit of his research obliges us and gives us the responsibility 
of following the criteria of excellence set by our fellow citizen, in all aspects of research 
and teaching. 
I must confess that more than decade ago we did not have Santorio in mind when we 
initiated our first research projects which presented the significant basis for the estab-
lishment of the Kinesiology Research Centre (IKARUS) at the Science and Research 
Centre in Koper. Neither was he in our minds during the development of the IKARUS 
laboratory at the Valdoltra Orthopaedic Hospital; nor later on were his ideas or methods 
the basis for establishing the new study programme of Applied Kinesiology, already 
within the scope of the University of Primorska. In truth, we did not see nor acknowl-
edge the significance and value that Santorio had set for our foundation a few centuries 
ago. Today, when we study his work and admire the ideas which led him to incredible 
inventions and experimentation, we can acknowledge his greatness and importance. 
Santorio contributed some of the fundamental tools and keys for understanding the 
functions of the human body, the starting points for developing physiology, pathology, 
and the basis for biomechanics. As a pioneer of experimental methodology he opened 
a new chapter in the natural sciences, especially medicine. By applying mathematics, 
discussing physical and chemical processes, conducting experiments and performing 
measurements, he set the path for physiology, biometrics, thermodynamics, and also 
for the fields which developed on the basis of the challenges of researching the func-
tions of the human body in specific environments and activities, namely kinesiology, 
biomechanics, kinesiometrics, and ergonomics. His cooperation with other prominent 
persons of that time (especially with his friend Galileo Galilei) opened a wide horizon 
of various fields of knowledge and disciplines. Many years passed until we finally ac-
knowledged (unfortunately mostly still on a declarative level) that the added value of 
an interdisciplinary, or even better, of an integrative approach defines the only right and 
complete approach in the field of dealing with the human body as a dynamic and open 
system. And we cannot imagine kinesiology without such guidelines and approaches!
His greatest work De Medicina Statica would probably not have earned the grade 
of such perfection (Nullus liber in re medica ad eam perfectionem scriptus est, H. Boer-
haave, 1726), if Santorio had not deeply engaged himself in eight fundamental chapters 
in all fundamental aspects of human functions with the purpose of studying and under-
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opposites. Among those eight chapters, the following parts are still very important for 
us: the chapter on the quantity and relation of visible and invisible perspiration; on food 
and beverages, on rest and activity; on motion and stillness. Numerous findings and 
expressed thoughts are still very important and also unparalleled. Perhaps by adding a 
note of contemporaneity, we will reopen the discussion and integrate those findings and 
thoughts as significant in the life of the individual and of society.
By being aware of the fact that no science (especially not a natural science) can be 
explained without a critical analysis and experiment, and by considering the fact that 
scientific theory and knowledge cannot be the result of isolated individuals, but a part 
of a historical development, we have decided to name the award which will go to the 
most successful students of applied kinesiology after this great man from Koper, San-
torio Santorio. At the same time and in the name of current and future generations we 
also take on the responsibility and commitment which relate to his name and all future 
award winners. 
The temporary senate of the UP FENIKS – Faculty for Ergonomics and Kinesiol-
ogy Studies at the University of Primorska (in the process of being established), at its 
meeting on 29 March, 2011, and on the occasion of the 450th anniversary of Santorio 
Santorio’s birth, adopted the following resolution:
“Based on the proposed argumentation, the temporary senate of the UP FENIKS 
names the award for the best students from the programmes in Applied Kinesiology af-
ter Santorio Sanctorii, the doctor, natural scientist and inventor from Koper. A detailed 
categorisation of awards, their number, the processes of selecting candidates and other 
issues related to awards are determined by the adopted Rules on UP FENIKS awards.’’
On behalf of temporary senate of UP FENIKS 
Prof. Dr. Rado Pišot
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SANTORIJEVO PRIZNANJE – PRIZNANJE ZA NAJUSPEŠNEJŠE 
ŠTUDENTE APLIKATIVNE KINEZIOLOGIJE
Poimenovati priznanje ali nagrado po nekomu zahteva od tistih, ki se o tem od-
ločajo, veliko več kot le trenutek navdiha in dobre volje, da se nekoga spomnimo in 
omogočimo drugim priznavanje njegovega dela. V akademskem prostoru pomeni taka 
odločitev zavestno sprejeti odgovornost in obveze – odgovornost do velikih osebnosti, 
katerih imena si dovolimo prevzeti, ker so naši družbi v preteklosti prispevali veliko 
več, kot običajno vemo, ter obveze do poglabljanja in nadgrajevanja njihovega dela 
in upoštevanja kriterijev odličnosti, ki so jih postavili. Zahteva pa taka odločitev tudi 
poglobljen premislek, ali so tisti, ki bodo morebiti deležni te nagrade ali priznanja, s 
svojim trudom, delom in rezultati, opravičili ime, čigar priznanje nosijo s seboj.
Kot je običajno in kot se v takih primerih tudi spodobi, se mozaik, ki v sebi nosi 
tisočero dogodkov, tudi v življenju in delu velikega Koprčana gradi počasi in vztrajno. 
Ker je njegov zgodovinski prispevek naravoslovni znanosti, akademiji, univerzalni mi-
sli in prostoru, v katerem je delal, še posebej pa Kopru, nemogoče predstaviti v nekaj 
odstavkih, pa tudi zato, ker bodo to storili kolegi, ki so po stroki primernejši, bom 
poskušal v tem kratkem povzetku osvetliti le nekaj temeljnih izhodišč. Ta so nas vodi-
la do odločitve, da proslavimo Santoria Sanctoria, velikega, žal večkrat pozabljenega 
Koprčana, in ga prek mostu znanja in odličnosti povežemo s sodobnim Koprom, mlado 
univerzo, ki se je rodila nekaj stoletij pozneje, in akademijo – s profesorji in študenti, 
ki še danes razvijajo prenekatero njegovo misel in davno tega njim ponujeno znanje. 
Obstajajo vsaj trije pomembni razlogi, ki opravičujejo dejstvo, ali morda bolje re-
čeno, nam nalagajo odgovornost in obvezo, da Santoria vrnemo v ta prostor z vsemi 
častmi. 
Prvi je dejstvo, da je Santorio Sanctorii prav gotovo eden največjih in najpomemb-
nejših naravoslovcev, rojenih v Kopru, ki je svoje rojstno mesto vselej in povsod s po-
nosom izpostavljal. Ali je bil oče iz Čedada tudi po rodu Slovenec (Svetina – kot pred-
stavljajo nekateri viri, Šercer, 1950) niti ni pomembno, saj področja, katerim je posvetil 
svoje delo in življenje, nikoli niso in niti ne bodo poznala meja. Ko smo se kot otroci 
podili po koprskih ulicah, je do nas seglo le ime ene od teh, ki je nosila ime po velikem 
zdravniku, raziskovalcu, znanstveniku, izumitelju. Pozneje smo v šoli izvedeli, da je 
med številnimi drugimi instrumenti pomembno prispeval k razvoju termometra. Veliko 
več od tega, in tega je ogromno, pa je žal številnim Koprčanom kot tudi Slovencem in 
širšemu svetu še neznanega. 
Drugi razlog, ki priznanju daje poseben pomen, je Santorijeva akademska zavest in 
vloga akademizma, ki jo je posebej cenil in se ji povsem podredil. Prav gotovo se takra-
tni častitljivi profesor najbližje Kopru (v svetovnem merilu druge najstarejše) padovan-
ske univerze ob ustanovitvi koprskega znanstvenega društva Accademia Palladiana ni 
ukvarjal z mislijo o primorski univerzi, kar pa ne zmanjša njegovega prispevka, da se 
je ta veliko pozneje tudi zgodila. Tudi ko je v svoji oporoki posebej izpostavil, da mora 
biti kar 6 od 10-ih študentov iz Kopra, katerim finančno podporo naj omogoči sklad, 
ki naj bo po njegovi smrti ustanovljen iz njegove zapuščine (Grmek, 1953), si gotovo 
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ni zamišljal, da bodo ravno v tem prostoru nastali študijski programi, katerih osnove in 
znanja je pričel razvijati prav on.
Tretji razlog pa je njegova velika zapuščina znanja, izumov in instrumentov. Nje-
gov nemirni raziskovalni duh nas posebej obvezuje in nam nalaga odgovornost, da pri 
svojem raziskovalnem in pedagoškem delu sledimo kriterijem odličnosti, ki jih je že 
dolgo tega postavil naš someščan. Ko smo pred dobrim desetletjem pričeli s prvimi 
raziskovalnimi projekti, ki so pomenili pomembno osnovo poznejšemu Inštitutu za ki-
neziološke raziskave (IKARUS) na ZRS Koper, nato razvoju laboratorija IKARUS v 
Ortopedski bolnišnici Valdoltra in nato v okviru Univerze na Primorskem tudi novim 
študijskim programom Aplikativne kineziologije, moram priznati, da še nismo uvide-
li teže in vrednosti, ki jo je našim osnovam pred nekaj stoletji postavljal Santorio. 
Šele ko danes premišljamo njegova dela in občudujemo zamisli, ki so ga vodile do 
neverjetnih izumov in poizkusov, se zavemo njegove veličine in pomena. Santorio je 
namreč prispeval nekaj temeljnih orodij in ključev za razumevanje delovanja člove-
škega organizma, izhodišča za razvoj fiziologije, patologije, podlage biomehaniki. Kot 
začetnik eksperimentalne metodike je naravoslovni znanosti, posebej medicini, odprl 
novo poglavje. Z vključevanjem matematike, obravnavo fizikalnih in kemičnih proce-
sov, eksperimentov, merjenjem je zarisal pot fiziologiji, biometriji, termodinamiki … in 
področjem, ki so z izzivom po obravnavi delovanja človeškega organizma v specifičnih 
okoljih in aktivnostih razvili: kineziologiji, biomehaniki, kineziometriji, ergonomiji. 
Njegovo sodelovanje z nekaterimi drugimi velikani svojega časa (še posebej s prijate-
ljem Galileom Galileiem) mu odpira široko obzorje prepleta različnih znanj in disci-
plin. Veliko let je minilo, ko smo (žal še večinoma le na deklarativni ravni) ponovno 
doumeli, da je dodana vrednost interdisciplinarnega ali morda še bolje, integrativnega 
pristopa, tisto, kar je v obravnavi človeka kot dinamičnega in odprtega sistema edini 
pravi in celosten pristop. In ravno kineziologije si brez takih usmeritev in pristopov ne 
moremo zamisliti!
Njegovo največje delo De medicina statica si ocene take popolnosti (Nullus liber in 
re medica ad eam perfectionem scriptus est, H. Boerhaave, 1726) verjetno ne bi prislu-
žila, če se ne bi s ciljem preučevanja in razumevanja zdravja kot popolnega ravnovesja 
telesnih tekočin, kot harmonijo notranjih nasprotij, skozi VIII temeljnih poglavij Santorio 
natančno poglobil v vsa temeljna področja delovanja človeka. Med njimi so za nas še 
posebej pomembna poglavja o količini in odnosu vidne in nevidne perspiracije; o hrani in 
pijači; počitku in aktivnosti; gibanju in mirovanju. Številne ugotovitve in izrečene misli 
so še danes ne le izredno aktualne, temveč še vedno tudi nepresežene. Morda jim bomo z 
dodano noto sodobnosti ponovno odprli obravnavo in jih kot pomembne končno umestili 
v življenje posameznika in družbe.
Ob zavedanju, da nobene znanosti (sploh pa naravoslovja) ne moremo razlagati brez 
kritične analize in eksperimenta, ter ob dejstvu, da znanstvene teorije in znanje nasploh 
ne morejo biti plod osamljenih posameznikov, temveč del zgodovinskega razvoja, smo se 
na osnovi predstavljenih dejstev odločili poimenovati priznanje za najuspešnejše študente 
aplikativne kineziologije po velikem Koprčanu Santoriu Sanctoriu. Hkrati sprejmemo v 
imenu sedanjih in prihodnjih generacij tudi vso ustrezno in pripadajočo odgovornost in 
obvezo do njegovega imena in vseh prihodnjih nagrajencev. 
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Začasni senat Fakultete za ergonomske in kineziološke študije Univerze na Pri-
morskem (v ustanavljanju) je na svoji seji, na dan 29. 3. 2011, ob 450-letnici rojstva 
Santoria Sanctoriia sprejel naslednji sklep:
  »Začasni senat UP FENIKS na osnovi predložene utemeljitve imenuje priznanje za 
najboljše študente študijskih programov Aplikativne kineziologije po koprskem zdrav-
niku, naravoslovcu, znanstveniku in izumitelju Santoriu Sanctoriiu. Podrobna oprede-
litev vrste priznanj, njihovo število, postopke izbora kandidatov in druga vprašanja, 
povezana s priznanji, se določijo s posebnim pravilnikom o priznanjih UP FENIKS.«
V imenu začasnega senata UP FENIKS
prof. dr. Rado Pišot
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