COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSIOTHERAPY IN SPORTS

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FZR 3056 PHYSIOTHERAPY IN SPORTS COMPULSORY 2 2 0 3

Offered By

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SEVGI SEVI YEŞILYAPRAK

Offered to

Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

To teach the importance of physiotherapy in sports medicine, the science of sport physiotherapy in the world and in Turkey, preventing athletic injuries, assessment, physiotherapy and rehabilitation of injured athlete and return to sport criteria.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Summarizes the definition of sport physiotherapy and the applications in the world and in Turkey.
2   Knows and classifies the athletic injuries.
3   Knows and applies basic physiotherapy assessments of musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary and neuromuscular system in athletes.
4   Knows the causes of injuries and the ways of preventing injuries in athletes.
5   Knows and applies physiotherapy and rehabilitation program of injured athletes.
6   Knows return to sport criteria for athletes.
7   Knows basic principles of physiotherapy applications for disabled, elderly, children and adolescent athletes.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Sports physiotherapy in the world and in Turkey Phases of healing after imjury in athletes NG
2 Sports injuries (tendon, ligament, muscle, bone, cartilage...) and classification
3 Assesment of athletes SSY
4 Assesment of athletes SSY
5 Assesment of athletes and prevention of sport injuries SSY
6 Physiotherapy and rehabilitation after sports injury (First aid in sport injuries, assessment and treatment of injury in the field)
7 Physiotherapy and rehabilitation after sports injury (pre-treatment and certain treatment)
8 Bandaging techniques NG
9 Midterm exam week
10 Taping techniques SSY
11 Taping techniques SSY
12 Taping techniques
13 Functional rehabilitation, principles of rehabilitation and return to sports
14 Sports in disabled, children and adolescents
15 General overview SSY

Recomended or Required Reading

Main Textbook(s):
- Spor Yaralanmalarında Fizyoterapi ve Rehabilitasyon Prensipleri - Nevin Ergun, Gül Baltacı
- Spor Yaralanmalarında Egzersiz Tedavisi - Gül Baltacı, Nevin Ergun, Volga Bayrakcı Tunay
- Sporcu Sağlığı-Nevin Atalay Güzel, Nihan Kafa
Other Materials: bandage, tape, treatment bed

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Conference
2. Laboratory
3. Fieldwork
4. Problem-based learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 +FIN * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 +RST * 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Nihal GELECEK
Sevgi Sevi YEŞILYAPRAK
Seher Özyürek
DEU, Faculty of Physical Therapy&Rehab

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 15 2 30
Tutorials 15 2 30
Preparing assignments 15 1 15
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 87

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.111
LO.211
LO.311
LO.411
LO.511
LO.6111
LO.711