Ateneo - UPO

The contents reflect the epidemiology of sports injury. Each topic will be introduced by the clinical description and followed by the specific rehabilitative treatment.

Andrews J, Harrelson G, Wilk K. Physical Rehabilitation of the injured athlete. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2012

Focus on the main topics of rehabilitation treatment of injured athletes in sports medicine and traumatology.

Fundamentals of anatomy, biomechanics, orthopaedics and traumatology, exercise physiology.

lectures, seminars

n/a

written test (multiple choice assessment)

- Anatomy and biomechanics review
- Epidemiology of sports injuries
- Fundamentals of sports rehabilitation in injured athletes
- Overuse injuries

Ability to manage the rehabilitation of the sports patients, in consideration of their peculiarities.