Applied Rehabilitation will enable students to apply the principles of rehabilitation to different tissues and injuries within the body. Students will formulate sports specific rehabilitation programmes for their athletes and clients individually and as part of group-based rehabilitation.
Students will be required to undertake a supervised work placement in addition to the lectures and practical seminars.
Total Contact Hours: 33
Total Private Study Hours: 117
Total Study Hours: 150
Written Assignment (2,000 words) – 40%
Practical Assessment (30 minutes) – 60%
Brukner, P. and Khan, K. (2012). Clinical Sports Medicine, Fourth Edition. Sydney. London: McGraw Hill.
Houglum, P.A. (2010). Therapeutic Exercise for Musculoskeletal Injury, Third Edition Champaign IL. Human Kinetics.
Prentice, W. (2011). Rehabilitation Techniques for Sport Medicine and Athletic Training, Fifth Edition. London. McGraw Hill.
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The intended subject specific learning outcomes. On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
Apply concepts and principles of rehabilitation in a number of different settings.
Demonstrate knowledge and critical understanding of principles in rehabilitation and their application to different injuries and different tissues within the body (for example bone, cartilage, muscle, ligament, and tendons).
Describe and discuss how rehabilitation principles can be applied to different sports, individual and group scenarios.
Formulate appropriate sports specific rehabilitation programmes for different sports and exercise participants.
The intended generic learning outcomes. On successfully completing the module students will be able to:
Apply knowledge to the solution of familiar and unfamiliar problems.
Demonstrate communication, presentation, numeracy, and IT skills.
Demonstrate problem solving skills.
Plan and manage their own learning.
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