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 Academic Year: | 2016/7 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department for Health |
| Credits: | 6 [equivalent to 12 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 120 |
| Level: | Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
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| Assessment Summary: | CW 50%, EX 50% |
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| Requisites: | Before taking this module you must take HL10182 AND take BB10089 AND take HL10034 |
| Description:
| Aims: To adopt a multidisciplinary approach to understand the factors influencing injury and illness in sport and how the field of Sports Medicine can contribute to injury prevention and performance enhancement. Learning Outcomes: On successful completion of this unit students should be able to: * Demonstrate an understanding of the mechanical limits of the musculo-skeletal system. * Discuss the biomechanical and physiological stresses placed upon the musculo-skeletal system during sporting activities. * Explain how these stresses can lead to common injuries and illnesses * Discuss the treatment and rehabilitation of a number of common injuries of soft tissue and bone. * Be aware of the emergency procedures to be adopted in acute sporting injury scenarios, including a management plan for implementing these procedures. * Be aware of the impact of technology and its use on the treatment and diagnoses of sporting injuries * Discuss, and explain the common methods used to prevent injuries in various sporting activities * Discuss the use of drugs in sport, both for treating common sporting injuries and performance enhancement. Skills: Knowledge and understanding - taught, facilitated and assessed. Intellectual skills - facilitated, assessed. Working independently - facilitated. Written communication - facilitated and assessed. Spoken communication - facilitated. Problem solving - taught, facilitated and assessed. Working as part of a group - facilitated. Content: Role of the members of the sports medicine team; risk factors for injury; adaptation and limits of the different elements of the musculo-skeletal system; biomechanics and physiology of injury; acute management of sporting injuries; medical imaging; rehabilitation of sports injuries; common sports related illnesses; drugs in sport; disability sport. |
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HL20104 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:Department for Health
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