Information Package / Course Catalogue
Athlete's Health and Physiotherapy
Course Code: FTR232
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Short Cycle (Associate's Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 0
Credit: 2
Lab: 0
ECTS: 3
Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to understand sports physiotherapy, the physical fitness test parameters applied in different groups, the basic features of measurement and evaluation methods and treatment approaches applied in sports and injuries and to reflect them into practice, to define sports injuries and recovery processes, to teach the principles of rehabilitation after sports injuries. To ensure the athlete's safe return to sports.

Course Content

Physiotherapy in Sports, Evaluation of Athletes, Physical Fitness and Tests, Soft tissue injuries and healing process in athletes, Functional rehabilitation in sports injuries, Prevention of Sports Injuries, Sports for the Disabled, Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in Sports Injuries - First Aid and Treatment Principles, Upper extremity injuries in athletes - physiotherapy and Planning the rehabilitation program, Lower extremity injuries in athletes - planning the physiotherapy and rehabilitation program, Return to Sports

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