This course is aimed at training students to:
Collect information regarding the condition and its seriousness, and infer the possible implications for the athlete of his participation in daily-life activities, in sports and in exercise;
Select and apply clinical trials and analyze their results, linking them to the performance and considering the particular necessities of each sport and age group;
Combine the concepts of reliability and validity of different measures during trials, in relation to the interpretation of the assessment data;
Interpret the results of the assessment in order to reach a diagnosis of pathologies that might not be related to sports;
Describe the types, mechanisms, aetiology and risk factors of musculoskeletal lesions;
Analyze and critically assess scientific-based evidence regarding the criteria for returning to sports practice, in the context of different lesions;
Recognize and act upon indications for an urgent or non-urgent referral of an athlete for posterior investigations or intervention by other members of the multidisciplinary team;
Understand the most frequent medical conditions and the benefits arising from physical exercise.
Target Audience
1. Owners of a Bachelor of Science degree in Physiotherapy or other legally equivalent diploma; owners of a Bachelor degree in allied areas;
2. Owners of a foreign academic degree in Physiotherapy or allied areas, awarded after completion of an undergraduate programme organized according to the principles of the Bologna Process, and issued by a State adhering to this same process;
3. Owners of a foreign academic degree that might be recognized, by the Technical and Scientific Council of ESTSP, as fulfilling the objectives of the Bachelor of Science degree in Physiotherapy;
Owners of an academic, scientific or professional resume in Physiotherapy or allied areas that might be regarded, by the Technical and Scientific Council of ESTSP, as a certification of capacity to attend this study programme.
