Overview
Description
This course examines the various rehabilitation protocols and techniques for common injuries sustained in athletic activity and sport. The concepts of tissue inflammation, repair, and remodeling are applied to the rehabilitation process. Rehabilitation skills and evidence-based application of assessing and treating movement dysfunction, mobility deficits, range of motion, joint mobilization, strengthening, aerobic exercise, plyometric exercise, proprioception, aquatic therapy, are applied.
Requirements
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Spring
Terms
spring
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- perform comprehensive patient evaluations to identify functional deficits and rehabilitation needs.
- design and implement evidence‑based therapeutic exercise programs across all phases of healing.
- apply manual therapy techniques safely and effectively within the scope of athletic training practice.
- integrate psychosocial strategies into rehabilitation planning and patient communication.
- utilize outcome measures and clinical reasoning to progress and modify rehabilitation plans.
- demonstrate competence in return‑to‑participation decision‑making using functional testing and risk assessment.
- incorporate evidence‑based practice principles into rehabilitation planning and documentation.