This module is not currently running in 2024 to 2025.
This module will enable students to interpret the pathophysiology of a range of sports injuries by anatomical region and tissue type. The module develops the students’ ability to relate the biomechanics of human movement and injury to the sports injuries process. Students will be required to critically analyse the risk factors associated with sports injuries.
A synopsis of topics included in this module are:
- Introduction to movement analysis
- Identify pathology of major sports injuries
- Classify the mechanisms of injury of major sports injuries
- Identify the risk factors of main sports injuries.
1 hour weekly lecture and 1 hour weekly seminar
In class written test 30%
Written coursework 70%
Brukner, P, Kahn,K. (2006) Clinical Sports Medicine. London: McGraw-Hill
Whiting, W., Zernicke, R. (2008) Biomechanics of musculoskeletal injury. Philadelphia:Human Kinetics
See the library reading list for this module (Medway)
Students who take full advantage of the opportunities made available to them will, on successful completion of the module, be able to:
1. Relate the pathophysiology of injury to common signs and symptoms of sports injuries.
2. Differentiate between mechanisms of injury and their associated risk factors.
3. Apply knowledge of the biomechanics of human movement to sports injuries
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