Physiotherapy in Specific Conditions

Anatomy, Physiology, Pathophysiology, Examination and Evaluation, Manual Therapies, Movements Therapies.

Two theoretical-practical weekly classes of 180 min. The classes are intended to transmit theoretical and practical knowledge about the different contents of intervention in sports and paediatric physiotherapy

1. Basic intervention skills in sports and paediatric Physiotherapy.
2. Acquisition of the skills mentioned, creating in the students the motivation to become active elements of their professional group.
3. To know the global models of intervention of the physiotherapist in sport.
4. Know and identify the importance of physical exercise.
5. Know the principles of intervention in Sports Physiotherapy.
6. Analyse the sporting gesture and establish possible risks of injury.
7. Know, apply, and design prevention strategies for each sport. To know and evaluate in depth the pathology and traumatology of sports.
8. To know, apply and design strategies for the treatment of sports injuries adapted to the modalities.
9. Know, apply and design strategies to return to sports practice /competition.
10. To know, apply and design strategies to enhance the athlete’s abilities.
11. To know physiotherapy interventions in a population of children based on the principles of normal development.
12. Have developed the ability to identify variations in typical motor development.
13. Enable the development of skills to identify and record intervention objectives and for planning the and intervention with children and their caregivers

Global models of intervention of the physiotherapist in sport and its integration into the team.
Principles of intervention in sports physiotherapy.
Analysis of the sporting gesture and the corresponding injury risks.
Prevention of injuries and longevity of the athlete.
Intervention strategies in heating and cooling. Evaluation of the sportsman’s conditions at the zero moment of injury elements of traumatology and therapy in sport.
First aid in sporting situations. Strategies to facilitate the return to sports practice.
Strategies to enhance the athlete’s abilities.
Evaluation and registration in paediatrics.
Evaluation, intervention, principles, methods and techniques appropriate to most paediatric conditions (ICU, Premature Infants, Neonatology, Neurodevelopmental Diseases, musculoskeletal alterations, neuromuscular diseases, cardiorespiratory conditions, tegmental diseases).
Plan the intervention in adolescence.
Interaction strategies with children, adolescents and families.

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Primary Bibliography:

SULLIVAN, S e SCHIMTZ, T. Fisioterapia- Avaliação e tratamento. Editora Manole 

Secondary Bibliography :

ECKERSLEY, Pamela M., ed. lit. – Elements of paediatric physiotherapy. 1st ed. Edinburgh [etc.] : Churchill Livingstone, 1993. VIII, 513 p.. ISBN 0-443-03894- 5
[1306] SHEPHERD, Roberta B. – Physiotherapy in paediatrics. 3rd ed. Oxford [etc.] : Butterworth-Heinemann, 1995. X, 420 p.. ISBN 0-7506-0620-7 .

The diagnosis and management of paediatric respiratory disease. Robert Dinwiddie. Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 1990
Physical therapy assessment in early infancy. ed. Irma J. Wilhelm. New York : Churchill Livingstone, 1993 (Clinical in Physical Therapy)
Biomechanical evaluation of movement in sport and exercise : the British Association of sport and exercise science guidelines. ed. Carl J. Payton, Roger M. Bartlett. Oxon ; New York : Routledge, 2008
Biomechanics of sport and exercise. Peter M. McGinnis. Champaign : Human Kinetics, 2005
Orthopaedic and sports physical therapy. ed. James A. Gould III. St. Louis [etc.] : Mosby, 1990 (Mosby’s physical therapy series)
Sports injuries and emergencies : a quick-response manual. ed. Aaron Rubin. New York : McGraw-Hill, 2003
Sports biomechanics : reducing injury and improving performance. Roger Bartlett. London ; New York : E & FN Spon, 1999 (2006)
ACSM’s resource manual for guidelines for exercise testing and prescription. American College of Sports Medicine. Philadelphia ; Baltimore ; New York, etc. : Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, cop. 2010
Evidence-based sports medicine. ed. Domhnall MacAuley, Thomas M. Best. London : BMJ Books, 2002