Sport Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
Course Level Undergraduate
Course Level Undergraduate
Area/Catalogue
HLTH 3070
Course Level
Undergraduate
Offered Externally
No
Course ID
165641
Unit Value
4.5
University-wide elective course
No
The 2025 timetable is
not yet available.
Course owner
UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance
Course Alert: This course is no longer available for enrolment
To provide those working in the health and
fitness, paramedical and allied health fields with the necessary background
knowledge and practical skills to work within a broader multi-disciplinary
sports rehabilitation team in an injury prevention and management role.
Introductory functional anatomy and
pathology, physiology of healing, common injuries and their acute and chronic
management, common medical conditions affecting athletes and physical activity
participants, heat and cold illness, drugs used in sport, principles of
evidence based practice for injury management and rehabilitation, sports
taping, psychology of injury, movement observation and analysis, movement and
strength, assessment, back injuries - mechanics of injury and treatment
programs. The influence of movement on the healing process, exercise
prescription, the use of equipment, questioning and report writing skills, case
management procedures, code of ethics, communication, and legal issues.
South Australian Sports Medicine Association 2017, SASMA's Managing sports injuries: pre-game, in-game, post-game, -, Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL
Houglum, P 2016, Therapeutic exercise for musculoskeletal injuries, 4th edn., Human Kinetics, Champaign, IL
Common to all relevant programs | |
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Subject Area & Catalogue Number | Course Name |
HLTH 2001 | Human Nutrition |
HLTH 2006 | Exercise Physiology 1 |
BIOL 1051 | Physiology Essentials 100 |
HLTH 1020 | Human Anatomy 100 |
Nil
Component | Duration | ||
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INTERNAL, CITY EAST | |||
Lecture | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
Practical | 2 hours x 13 weeks | ||
Practicum | 30 hours x Negotiated |
Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.
Learning log/Journal, Literature review, Placement, Skills demonstration, Test/Quiz
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.