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Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2012 - 2013
Please note that this information is subject to change.

Module Title	Injuries 4
Module Code	SS313
School	School of Health & Human Performance
Online Module Resources
Module Co-ordinator	Semester 1: Davide Susta Semester 2: Davide Susta Autumn: Davide Susta
Module Teacher	Davide Susta
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	7.5
Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

Description

In this module students will develop knowledge and skills in the use of external supports in prevention and treatment of injuries, sport specific injuries epidemiology and how to bring together the principles of injury prevention, consultation skills, proper history taking, clinical assessment in order to make a differential diagnosis and plan sports injury treatment and rehabilitation in the overall care of athletes

Learning Outcomes

1. List and describe external supports used to treat and prevent injuries
2. Identify risks associated to sports
3. Match injuries and sports according to epidemiological data
4. Choose the appropriate biomechanical test to improve diagnosis making and treatment planning
5. Integrate epidemiological knowledge and biomechanical tests findings into the processes of making a diagnosis, planning a treatment and predicting the clinical outcomes

Workload	Full-time hours per semester
*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Lecture	48	No Description
Independent learning	75	No Description
Laboratory	12	No Description
Lecturer-supervised learning (contact)	12	No Description
Total Workload: 147

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Indicative Syllabus.
Use of external supports, Sport specific injury epidemiology, Biomechanical assessments and differential diagnosis.

Assessment Breakdown
Continuous Assessment	100%	Examination Weight	0%

Course Work Breakdown
Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Poster presentation	How to approach an injured athlete	20%	Week 20

Reassessment Requirement
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; 1 = A resit is available for all components of the module 2 = No resit is available for 100% continuous assessment module 3 = No resit is available for the continuous assessment component
This module is category 1

Indicative Reading List

Goodman, Snyder: 2007, Differential diagnosis for physical therapist, 4th, Elsevier - Saunders, 978-0-7216-0619-4
Brukner, Khan: 2002, Clinical Sports Medicine, Revised 2nd Edition, McGraw Hill, 0074711083

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