SE774-7-SP-CO:
Return to Sport
2024/25
Sport, Rehabilitation and Exercise Sciences (School of)
Colchester Campus
Spring
Postgraduate: Level 7
Current
Monday 13 January 2025
Friday 21 March 2025
15
16 March 2023
Requisites for this module
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MSC C63012 Sports Therapy,
MSC C63024 Sports Therapy
This module focuses on the final stages of the rehabilitation process and returning the injured athlete back to the sports arena. Students will develop clinical reasoning skills that support exercise prescription for sports participation, with an emphasis on evidence-based practice adopted by healthcare professionals for a variety of injuries. Students will acquire fundamental skills that enable them to plan a progressive programme for any injury and assess an athlete’s readiness to return to sports training. As part of this module, students will also be introduced to the underpinning practical skills required for the delivery a return to sport exercise programme.
The aims of this module are:
- To develop students systematic understanding of the technical aspects of the fundamental techniques prescribed in Sports Therapy at the return-to-sport stage of the rehabilitation process.
- To develop critical evaluation and reasoning skills to inform decision-making process for designing and administering a rehabilitation programme.
By the end of this module, students will be expected to be able to:
- Justify and critically analyse the use of exercise for preventing injuries and preparing an athlete for sport participation.
- Demonstrate the ability to identify, and critically interpret a range of tests appropriate for establishing athlete readiness for sports participation.
- Design, and critically evaluate appropriate rehabilitation and injury prevention programmes for an athlete, demonstrating scientific reasoning for key elements of the programme at the return to sport stage of the rehabilitation process.
- Training principles for sports performance
- Needs analysis for sport
- Designing exercise programmes for athletic performance and injury prevention
- Strength testing and training
- Power testing and training
- Plyometric testing and training
- Speed and agility testing and training
- Endurance testing and training
- Case study with lower limb focus
- Case study with upper limb focus
- Weekly 2-hour face-to-face lecture x 10
- Weekly 2-hour face-to-face practical session x 10
It is a PSRB requirement that students attend a minimum of 80% of all practical sessions in order to be eligible to sit the practical exam. Students will be supported to achieve this.
Assessment items, weightings and deadlines
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Exam format definitions
- Remote, open book: Your exam will take place remotely via an online learning platform. You may refer to any physical or electronic materials during the exam.
- In-person, open book: Your exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer to any physical materials such as paper study notes or a textbook during the exam. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, open book (restricted): The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may refer only to specific physical materials such as a named textbook during the exam. Permitted materials will be specified by your department. Electronic devices may not be used in the exam.
- In-person, closed book: The exam will take place on campus under invigilation. You may not refer to any physical materials or electronic devices during the exam. There may be times when a paper dictionary,
for example, may be permitted in an otherwise closed book exam. Any exceptions will be specified by your department.
Your department will provide further guidance before your exams.
Overall assessment
Reassessment
Module supervisor and teaching staff
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Mr Mark Leather
uclan
COURSE LEADER
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No lecture recording information available for this module.
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