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Sports Injuries, their Cause and Prevention
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:01.11.2022 14:47:50
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_157 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sports Science | Target Audience: | Sports Trainer | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Māra Kuļša | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 4 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Normal anatomy, normal physiology, movement-support system biomechanics and kinesiology, sports pedagogy. | ||||||||
| Objective: | The aim is to give students the knowledge and create an understanding of the most common sports injuries, its underlying causes and prevention possibilities. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Sports injuries, their characteristics. Acute sports injuries. Chronic sports injuries | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Causes of sports injuries, their prevention. Basic principles of treatment of sports injuries | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Sports injury risk factor assessment | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Seminar: sport-specific injuries, their prevention | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Sports injuries, their characteristics. Acute sports injuries. Chronic sports injuries | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Causes of sports injuries, their prevention. Basic principles of treatment of sports injuries | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Sports injury risk factor assessment | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Seminar: sport-specific injuries, their prevention | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | • Preparatory activities; • preparation of an individual work. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | • Active participation in classes 10%; • preparation and presentation of an individual work 40%; • written examination 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students will know the most common sports injuries in health and professional sports; will be able to recognize and name the underlying internal and external causes; will be able to choose and justify a sports injury prevention measures within their competence. | ||||||||
| Skills: | In practice, will be able to recognize and assess the injuries that cause internal and external causes and in their daily work will be able to take specific actions to reduce or eliminate the causes of trauma. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will be able to reduce the occurrence of sports injuries in a real situation in their daily work. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Brukner P., Khan K. Brukner &Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine. Mcgraw Medical, 2017. | ||||||||
| 2 | Trenera rokasgrāmata. Jumava, Rīga, 2015. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Levangie P. K., Norkin C.C. Joint structure and function: a comprehensive analysis. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: F.A. Davis Company; 2011. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | RSU bibliotēkas pieejamās datu bāzes | ||||||||
| 2 | Mācību materiāli e-studijās. | ||||||||
