MScApplied Sports Injuries, Rehabilitation and Performance

Year one

Core modules

Assessment and Evaluation of the Athlete

This module will focus on developing your clinical skills and underpinning theoretical knowledge in the assessment and evaluation of pre- and post-injury/ medical illness of an athlete. You will further develop your clinical reasoning and practical abilities in the planning and implementation of sport-specific assessment and evaluation protocols.

Management and Rehabilitation of Athletes

This module will focus on developing your clinical skills and underpinning theoretical knowledge in the management and rehabilitation of an athlete. You will further develop your clinical reasoning and practical abilities in the planning and implementation of sport specific management and rehabilitation protocols.

Applied Research Methods and Study Design

Your clinical decision processes will be based on the synthesis of the current evidence-based football medicine research for best practice, which underpins all learning strategies within this course. This module aims to promote your knowledge and understanding of the research process, and to develop the real-world skills necessary to undertake a successful research project.

Professional Practice in Sport

This practice-orientated module will provide you with an opportunity to draw together the key aspects of this course, incorporating a placement in a practical based sports setting. You’ll learn what it means to be a therapist in a sporting environment, where you can practice your professional skills with real injured athletes and be able to consolidate, reflect and apply the knowledge and skills acquired on the course to real clinical situations.

Applied Techniques in Sport and Exercise Science

When prescribing therapeutic exercise programmes to prepare the football athlete for training and competition and reduce the likelihood of injury, you will need to possess appropriate specialised knowledge of Sport and Exercise Science principles. This multi-disciplinary module serves to equip you with the underpinning theory behind three branches of Sport and Exercise Science – Exercise Physiology, Psychology, and Biomechanics. Key themes central to football medicine will underpin the content of this module and will cover the integration of a spectrum of factors that influence optimal performance and injury risk. Practical work will evaluate these factors with reference to the influence of training and conditioning.

Independent Research Project

This is a student-led module and as such the content is largely determined by you under the guidance of your supervisor. The module provides you with an opportunity to undertake a sustained, intensive and independent investigation into a theme of your choosing and present the work in a peer reviewed journal format. It will provide an opportunity for you to demonstrate your scholarly skills within a unique area of study.