Module Information
Course Delivery
Delivery Type | Delivery length / details |
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Lecture | 1 x 2hr lecture per week |
Assessment
Assessment Type | Assessment length / details | Proportion |
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Semester Exam | 2 Hours Module assessed by examination only | 100% |
Supplementary Exam | 2 Hours Module assessed by examination only | 100% |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this module, students should be able to:
1. Identify the limits and opportunities for the sport scientist working in a clinical setting
2. Demonstrate knowledge of common sports injuries and discuss their aetiology
3. Demonstrate a basic knowledge of the role of exercise in injury rehabilitation.
4. Examine the aetiology of common medical problems associated with sports participation and their performance consequences.
Brief description
Aims
Sports medicine is an important but ill-defined field of study, but encompasses the prevalence, aetiology and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injury. These topics are also of key interest to the sports scientist. In turn, it is important for the scientist to understand the limits of their expertise and be aware that the expertise of other may need to be called upon in the applied setting. Thus, the key academic theme of the module is that of the limits and opportunities of the sports scientist when confronted with medical issues in sport.
Content
2. Mechanisms of musculoskeletal injury.
3. Injury rehabilitation.
4. Physiology of performance in athletes with spinal cord injury.
5. Immune function, overtraining and sports performance.
6. Drugs in sport.
Module Skills
Skills Type | Skills details |
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Communication | Group discussion in lectures. |
Improving own Learning and Performance | Self directed reading. |
Information Technology | Literature searches, word processing and Powerpoint presentations will all be used in this module |
Personal Development and Career planning | An awareness of the opportunities for the sport scientist in the field of sports medicine will be an outcome of this module. |
Problem solving | In practical group sessions |
Research skills | The exam requires students to review the relevant medical research literature. |
Team work | Group practical sessions. |
Reading List
Armstrong, N. (2000) Paediatric exercise science and medicine OUP, Oxford Primo search Bloomfield, J., Fricker, P.A. and Fitch, K.D. (1999) Textbook of science and medicine in sport Blackwell, Oxford Primo search Bouchard, C. Shephard, R.J. and Stephens, T. (1994) Physical activity, fitness and health: International proceedings and consensus statement Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL Primo search Bowling, A. (1997) Measuring health: a review of quality of life measuring scales 2nd ed Open University Press, London Primo search Brukner, P. and Khan, K. (2000) Clinical sports medicine 2nd ed McGraw-Hill, London Primo search Department of Health. (1999) Saving lives: Our healthier nation HMSO, London Primo search Guyton, A.C. and Hall, J.E. (1996) Textbook of medical physiology 9th Saunders, Philadelphia Primo search Maughan, R.J. (2000) Basic and applied sciences for sport medicine Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford Primo search
Notes
This module is at CQFW Level 5