Physiotherapy

Sports Physiotherapy2

Fisioterapia no Desporto

Course code:9504320

Gonçalo José Fontes De Albuquerque Álvaro

Learning outcomes of the curricular unit:

At the end of the course, students should be able to:

  • Frame the Physiotherapy within the Sports Medicine and Science in Sports and a multidisciplinary team;
  • Identify the principles of sports training in the Training Methodology and the etiology of Sports Injuries, relating them to the principles of kinematics and structure of each sport;
  • Plan and develop interventions for prevention and post injury in the area of Physical Therapy in Sport, as well as in the recovery and reintegration of the athlete in your sport activity;
  • Understand and differentiate the psychological factors associated with injuries and sports activities;
  • Identify the drug most commonly used in Sports Activities;
  • Identify special cases of health in Sports Activities - Special Populations;
  • Develop a support bag to the sport caregiver;
  • Implement emergency procedures in sporting activities;
Syllabus:
  1. Physiotherapy within the Sports Medicine and the Sports Science.
  2. Psychology in Sport and Coaching.
  3. Recovery and Performance.
  4. Diagnostic principles.
  5. Musculoskeletal injuries in sport and rehabilitation.
  6. Sporting activities in special populations.
  7. Caregiver assistance suitcase in sport.
  8. Emergency situations in sports activities.
  9. Ethical and Deontological principles always in defense of the athlete's health.
  10. Developing a caregiver assistance suitcase in sport.
Suggested Bibliography:
  • Fried T, Lloyd GJ (1992) An overview of common soccer injuries: Management and prevention, Sports Medicine, 14(4), 269-275
  • Hoff J (2005) Training and testing physical capacities for elite soccer players, Journal of Sports Sciences, 23 (6), 573-582
  • Holliday B, Burton D, Sun G, Hammermeister J, Naylor S, Freigang D (2008) Building the better mental training mousetrap: is periodization a more systematic approach to promoting performance excellence, Applied Sport Psychology, 20 (2), 199-219
  • Henderson G, Barnes CA, Portas MD (2009) Factors associated with increased propensity for hamstrings injury in english premier league soccer players, Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport, 3(4):397-402
  • Ostenberg A, Roos E, Ekdahl C, Roos H. (1998) Isokinetic knee extensor strength and functional performance in healthy female soccer players, Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 8(5 Pt 1):257-264
  • Wilson GJ, Murphy AJ (1996) Strength diagnosis: the use of test data to determine specific strength training, Journal of Sports Science, 14(2), 167-173