Class Traumatology and Physical Activity

This curricular unit aims to show the main musculoskeletal injuries related to the practice of physical exercise and the general principles of care in face of trauma or sports injury. Additionally, this curricular unit addresses preventive strategies (primary, secondary and tertiary) with regard to sports injury, as well as essential knowledge for injury recovery.

1. Block A - Sports injury
   1. General principles of sports injury, types of injury, severity of injuries, acute and overuse injuries
   2. Injury mechanisms: trunk and upper limb
   3. Injury mechanisms: pelvis, hip and thigh
   4. Injury mechanisms: lower limb
   5. Injury recovery process
   6. Primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention
   7. Fundamentals of the fight against doping, doping substances, their organic effect, and precautions to be taken in athletes under chronic medication.
2. Block B - Specific prescription in sports injury
   1. Specific prescription in sports injury.
3. Block C - Atitude perante a lesão e Abordagem à vítima
   1. Approach to major and minor sports injury
   2. Basic principles of Basic Life Support, and approach to sports-related concussion.

Different teaching methodologies (ME) will be used, i.e.: (i) Demonstration, experimentation, and practical exercise (ME1); (ii) Resolution of practical cases (ME2); (iii) Activities in small group (ME3); and (iv) Feedback information provided by the teacher on work developed (ME4).

The evaluation is continuous and is carried out in accordance with the General Assessment Regulations of Universidade Lusófona. The final classification is determined by rounding off the weighted arithmetic mean value of the classifications obtained in the evaluation moments: 1) Written Test 1 (40%) + 2) Individual Work (Topic to be defined - 20%) + Written Test 2 (40%). The classification, at all times of evaluation, must be > or = 7.5 values. Students who do not pass will be able to take an exam at the time of appeal, only if they have attended at least one of the elements carried out within the scope of continuous assessment.

• Pessoa, P., & Jones, H. - Traumatologia desportiva. 2ª Edição. Portugal: Lidel, edições técnicas lda, 2019. ISBN 978-989-752-029-7.

• Moura, D. et al. -  Biomecânica e traumatologia das modalidades desportivas. 1ª Edição. Portugal: Lidel, edições técnicas lda, 2021. ISBN 978-989-752-625-1.