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

PROFESSOR DOCTOR NIHAL GELECEK

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 Türkiye, 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 Türkiye.
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 Türkiye Phases of healing after imjury in athletes
2 Sports injuries (tendon, ligament, muscle, bone, cartilage...) and classification
3 Sports in disabled, children and adolescents
4 Assesment of athletes
5 Assesment of athletes and prevention of sport injuries
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)
8 Physiotherapy and rehabilitation after sports injury (Certain treatment) + Midterm exam week
9 Functional rehabilitation, principles of rehabilitation and return to sports
10 Assesment of athletes (applications)
11 Bandaging techniques
12 Bandaging techniques
13 Taping techniques
14 Taping techniques
15 Case senarios

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


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Midterm: It will be evaluated through practical and written exams.
Final and makeup: It will be evaluated by written exams.





Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

Theoretical lectures require a minimum attendance of 70%.
Practical lectures require a minimum attendance of 80%."





Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Nihal GELECEK Prof. PhD, PT.

DEU, Faculty of Physical Therapy&Rehab

Phone: 0232 4124929
e-mail: nihal.gelecek@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

After every lesson

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparing assignments 14 1 14
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) 82

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