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Sportsmedicine and nutrition (5 cr)

Code: NA00DH46-3001

General information


Enrollment

15.08.2019 - 30.08.2019

Timing

26.08.2019 - 21.12.2019

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Department of Sports and Rehabilitation

Campus

Savonlinna Campus

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Naprapathy

Teachers

  • Petteri Koski
  • Taina Lehtonen

Groups

  • NAKT18SP
    Naprapathy, full-time studies

Objective

You learn about the most common sports injuries.

You understand and know how to explain the risk factors of exercise and sports injury, mechanisms, healing processes, and know the principles of prevention of injuries.

You learn about athletes' nutrition recommendations and how nutrition can affect physical performance and development.

Content

What are the most common types of sports injuries?

What are the healing processes of sports injuries?

How can sport injuries be rehabilitated and prevented?

How do sport injuries affect the athlete's performance?

How does the athlete's nutrition affect physical performance?

Qualifications

Anatomy
Physiology
Diagnostics in naprapathyI