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Sports medicine 781


 
Module code FMS 781
Qualification Postgraduate
Faculty Faculty of Health Sciences
Module content

An approach to sports injuries: concepts of training and fitness; energy systems and transfer of energy, nutrition, health and training; special investigations; injury; strapping and wrapping; stress fractures; examination and clinical conditions of different areas, upper limb, lower limb, pelvis; trunk and head: special considerations of age and gender – the child, the female athlete and the elderly exerciser; exercising under certain conditions – heat, cold, underwater altitude and time zones; sport and medical conditions – diabetes mellitus; HIV/Aids; drugs, alcohol; the tired athlete; concussion/boxing; exercise induced headache and medical coverage of sports events.
Module credits 10.00
NQF Level 08
Prerequisites No prerequisites.
Language of tuition Module is presented in English
Department Family Medicine
Period of presentation Semester 1
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