Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - Barcelona

Sports Physiotherapy

• code 10238
• course 4
• term Semester 2
• type op
• credits 3

Module: Physiotherapy in clinical specialties

Matter: Optativas de especialización

Main language of instruction: Catalan

Other languages of instruction: Spanish,

Head instructor

Dra. Montserrat PUJOL - mpujol@uic.es

Office hours

Dra. Montse Pujol

mpujol@uic.es

Bruno Fernández 

bfernandezv@uic.es

Prescription of exercise for health

Keeping an active lifestyle by exercising regularly can contribute to significant improvements in preventing the onset of diseases and treating them. This block aims to provide knowledge about the pathologies and the control of the basic parameters of training to enjoy the benefits of exercise.

Sports Physiotherapy

The physiotherapist is an essential element in the therapeutic chain of sport pathology, both in prevention and in the physiotherapeutic treatment and control of the evolution of different injuries and rehabilitation postsurgical/ postlesional processes. Therefore, the physical therapist must have adequate knowledge of the possible musculoskeletal injuries in the pathological and clinical settings, as well as the possible most appropriate therapies to prevent and treat them.

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After completing the course the student will be able to:

1. Know the main therapies used in sports Physiotherapy
2. Know the mechanism of injury, the clinical history and various musculoskeletal disorders related to sports.
3. Conduct a physiotherapeutic diagnosis and establish the pattern of functional rehabilitation and rehabilitation effort.
4. Create a preventive program in sports injury
5. Know the benefits of physical exercise for health
6. Know the importance of improving the physical qualities for the maintenance or improvement of health.
7. Know the most prevalent diseases that can improve their prognosis by regular physical exercise.
8. Acquire multidisciplinary basic knowledge to prescribe physical exercise for health. 

• 01 - The ability to analysis and synthesis.
• 02 - The ability to organise and synthesize
• 09 - Demonstrate critical thinking skills.
• 10 - Develop autonomous learning skills.
• 21 - Knowledge of the physiological and structural changes that can occur after physiotherapeutic interventions.
• 29.1 - Demonstrate a committment to ongoing learning and self-improvement.
• 39 - Knowledge of general aspects of exogenous and endogenous diseases related to physiotherapy for all the biological systems and the corresponding medical, surgical, orthopedic and physiotherapy treatments.
• 43 - Knowledge of physiotherapeutic procedures based on techniques and methods specific to physiotherapy interventions applied to the various disorders of all systems and medical and surgical specialisations, as well as health promotion and disease prevention.
• 49 - Ability to design a physiotherapy treatment plan.

Exercise prescription for health

Unit 1: Introduction

Unit 2: Benefits of regular physical activity

Unit 3: Prescription of exercise for health

Unit 4: Physical Qualities for health

Unit 5: Theory Training

Unit 6: Training of physical qualities for health

Unit 7: Physical exercise for diseases

Sports Physiotherapy

Unit 1. Sport Physiotherapist role (functions, reality and outputs)

Unit 2. The injured athlete: stages of recovery and rehabilitation

Unit 3. Healthy athlete: recovery measures after exertion

Unit 4. Emergencies in sports

Unit 5. Injury

              5.1 Muscular

              5.2 Tendon

              5.3 Ligamentous

              5.4 Articular

La materia será evaluada mediante la realización de un examen tipo test que representará el 80% de la nota final obtenida.

El 20% de la nota final estará relacionado con la evaluación de actividades de autoaprendizaje guiadas por el profesor.

Basic Bibliography:

ACSM. (2008). Manual de consulta para el control y la prescripción de ejercicio (E. Iriarte Goñi, Trans.). Badalona: Paidotribo.

ACSM, & Durstine, JL (1997). ACSM's exercise management for persons with chronic diseases and disabilities. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics.

ACSM, & Kaminsky, LA (2005). ACSM's Resource Manual for Guidelines for Exercise Testing and Prescription (5 ed.). Baltimore: ACSM.

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Arufe, V., Dominguez, A., García, J. L., & Lera, A. (2008). Ejercicio físico, salud y calidad de vida. Sevilla: Wanceulen editorial deportiva S.L.

Dishman, R. K. (1994). Advances in exercise adherence. Illinois: Human Kinetics.

Heyward, V. H. (2008). Evaluación de la aptitud física y Prescripción del ejercicio (5 ed.). Madrid: Editorial Médica Panamericana.

Mahler, D. A., Froelicher, V. F., Miller, N. H., & York, T. D. (2005). Manual ACSM para la valoración y prescripción del ejercicio (P. González del Campo Roman, Trans. 2 ed.). Badalona: Paidotribo.

Solé Fortó, J. (2006). Planificación del entrenamiento deportivo. Barcelona: Sicropat Sport.

Solé Fortó, J. (2004). Teoría del entrenamiento deportivo. Barcelona: Sicropat Sport.

Woolf-May, K. (2008). Prescripción de ejercicio: Fundamentos fisiológicos. Guía para profesionales de la salud, del deporte y del ejercicio físico: Elsevier

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Alter, M.J. Los estiramientos, desarrollo de ejercicios. 4ª Edición. Barcelona. Paidotribo.

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Cos Morera, MA. Cos Boada,A. Medidas fisioterápicas de recuperación del deportista tras el esfuerzo físico. RED revista de entrenamiento deportivo. 1992; Volumen VI- nº 3 : 2-10.

Esnault, M; Viel, E. Stretching (estiramientos miotendinosos) automantenimiento muscular y articular. Barcelona: Masson; 1999.

Esnault, M. Estiramientos analíticos en fisioterpia activa. Coleccion de reeducación y rehabilitación. . Barcelona: Masson; 1994.

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Geofroy, C. Guide des etirements du sportif. Paris: Ed.Vigot; 2000.

Gregory S Kolt, Lynn Snyder-Mackler."Fisioterapia del deporte y el ejercicio" Elsevier.

Knight Kenneth L. Crioterapia. Rehabilitación de las lesiones en la práctica deportiva. Bellaterra: Ediciones Bellaterra 2000, S.L., 1996.

Koury J.M. Acuaterapia Guía de rehabilitación y fisioterapia en la piscina. Ed. Bellaterra. Barcelona 1998.

Neiger, H. Estiramientos analíticos manuales. Técnicas pasivas. Madrid:

Panamericana; 1998.

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Prentice, WE. Técnicas de rehabilitación en medicina deportiva, tewrcera edición. Barcelona: Paidotribo; 2001.

Olivé i Villas, R. Patologia en medicina del deporte. Barcelona: Menarini; 2000

Olivé Vilás, R; Bellver Vives, M. Saludinàmica comunicados menarini en salud y deporte. El golf. Nº1: 2001.

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Rivero, C; Hernández, P; Olivé Vilás, R. Saludinàmica comunicados menarini en salud y deporte. El Tenis. Nº2; 2002.

Sölveborn, S-A. Stretching. Barcelona: Ed Martinez Roca; 1982.

Additional Resources

Anderson, B. Estirándose. Especial monográfico integral. Barcelona: Integral; 1989

Fucci, S. Benigni, M.Biomecànica de l’aparell locomotor aplicada al condicionament muscular. Barcelona: Doyma, Generalitat de Catalunya; 1988.

Lieber, R.L. Skeletal muscle structure and function. Baltimore: Williams and Wilkins, 1992.

Miralles Marrero, R.C. Biomecánica clínica del aparato locomotor. Barcelona: Ed. Masson; 1998,

Martinez Romero, J.L; Olmo, J.A; Climent, V. Patología lesional del hombro del deportista. Revista Archivos de medicina del Deporte. Nº32. Vol VIII : 369-387

Serra Grima, J.R. Prescripción de ejercicio físico para la salud. Colección Fitness. Primera edición. Barcelona: Paidotribo.

Souchard, Ph. E. Stretching global activo: de la perfección muscular a los resultados deportivos. Barcelona: Paidotribo; 2000.

E: exam date | R: revision date | 1: first session | 2: second session:

• E1 17/02/2020 08:00h
• E2 06/07/2020 10:00h