Principles of Sports and Orthopaedic Physiotherapy

Course aim

The aim of this course is to advance knowledge of biomedical and clinical sciences relevant to sports injury management and prevention, advance knowledge of specialised orthopaedic management of selected musculoskeletal conditions and develop best practice physiotherapy management of sports and orthopaedic conditions.

Course content

Contemporary evidence-based practice of a variety of issues relevant to orthopaedic and sports physiotherapy, including recent advances in orthopaedic management of the spine, upper and lower limbs and associated post-operative management, physiotherapy practices relevant to musculoskeletal and sports physiotherapy, differential diagnosis and management of a number of relevant clinical conditions, legal issues in sports physiotherapy, sport and exercise in the older population, rheumatology, osteoporosis and bone healing, sports nutrition, sports psychology, sports nutrition, sports podiatry, biomechanics and injury profile of selected sports.

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY EAST
Lecture	80 hours x over 14 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case management assignment, Clinical pattern notebook, Issues of sports physiotherapy essay

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.