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Sports Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:1.00
Study Course Accepted:13.06.2024 15:18:36
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LSPA_179 | LQF level: | Level 5 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.33 | ECTS: | 2.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sports Science | Target Audience: | Sports Trainer; Pedagogy | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Viesturs Lāriņš | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Latvian Academy of Sport Education (LASE) | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | LSPA, Brīvības gatve 333, Riga, LV-1006 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 3 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 6 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 9 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 18 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Study courses mastered: Teacher’s Professional Skills, Civil Protection, State Security and Environmental Protection for Sustainable Development, Teaching and Learning in the Context of Diversity, Business and Accounting, Educational Psychology for Teachers, Biomechanics and Ergonomics, Human Anatomy and Dynamic Anatomy, Management of Educational Institution, Foundations and Methodology of Obstacle Overcoming, Foundations and Methodology of Moving Objects, Foundations and Methodology of Moving, Inclusive and Special Sports Education, Health Promoting Physical Activities, General and Physical Activity Biochemistry, General and Age-Specific Physiology, Movement Games, Outdoor Activities: Content and Methodology of Moving with Sports Equipment and/or Sport in Multicultural Environment and Olympic Education, Foundations and Methodology of Swimming, History of Sport, Philosophy of Sport. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To learn the basics of sports medicine knowledge, skills and competences necessary for sports specialists. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Subject of sports medicine. Sports medicine service, work organisation, main tasks. Medical examinations of athletes. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Medical history of an athlete. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Determination of physical development. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Determination of posture and somatotype. Determination of leg and foot condition. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | First aid. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Determination of physical development. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Anthropometry. Method of standards, indices and percentiles in assessing the results. Anthropometric profile. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Doping control in sports. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | EUROFIT tests for determining physical development and fitness. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Determination and assessment of physical development and fitness. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent data analysis, drawing conclusions. Designing protocols on practical works. Preparation for seminar classes. Preparation for the study course test. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Attitude towards studies, development dynamics, work during seminars 10% Independently performed practical works 20% Written tests of the study course 70%. Assessment criteria for practical works, seminars and laboratory works. Practical works: 1-2 points – knowledge and skills in the development of practical works, 1-2 points – design of practical works, 1-2 points – answers to work tasks, competence in making assessments, conclusions and recommendations. Seminar classes: 1-2 points – active participation, demonstration of knowledge, 1 point: attitude towards studies, development dynamics. Assessment criteria for laboratory works: 4-5 points – answers to less than 25% of questions 6-7 points – answers to 25-40% of questions 8-9 points – answers to 40-50% of questions 10-11 points – answers to 50-60% of questions 12-13 points – answers to 60-70% of questions 14-16 points – answers to 70-80% of questions 17-19 points – answers to 80-90% of questions 20-21 points – answers to 90-100% of questions 22- 23 points – answers above 100% of questions demonstrate a deep understanding of the questions and the ability to link answers to insights in the field of health, sports and other sciences, latest scientific literature. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | 1. Main issue of sports medicine as the functioning of a health-promoting and ensuring system, its objectives, tasks, organisation of functioning. 2. Organisation and content of preventive medical examinations for children, young people and athletes in accordance with Regulations of the Cabinet of Ministers No. 594 of 06.09.2016, which prescribe the procedures for health care and medical supervision of children and athletes with increased load. | ||||||||
| Skills: | 3. To determine and evaluate posture, body somatotype, the condition of legs and feet. 4. To determine the physical development of children and young people, be able to assess their conformity with the anthropometric standards of physical development in children and young people of Latvia. 5. To determine and be able to evaluate and analyse weight composition. 6. To provide first aid. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | 7. To assess the physical fitness of children and young people and the functional capacity of the body by using EUROFIT tests, to analyse results over time. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | 1. Lāriņš, V. (2004). Sporta medicīna. Rīga, LSPA, 100lpp. | ||||||||
| 2 | 2. Žukovskis, I. (1991). Sporta medicīnas praktikums. Rīga, Zvaigzne, 118lpp. | ||||||||
| 3 | 3. Kas ir dopings (2007). Antidopinga nodaļas metod.materiāls. Rīga, 15 lpp. | ||||||||
| 4 | 4. Auliks, I. (1985). Sporta medicīna. Rīga, Zvaigzne, 172lpp. | ||||||||
| 5 | 5. Priedīte, I. S., Sauka, M., Kalniņa, L., & Lāriņš, V. (2015). Vispārizglītojošo skolu bērnu fiziskās sagatavotības izvērtēšana. Rīga, LSMA, 53lpp. | ||||||||
| 6 | 6. Åstrand, P., O. (2003). Textbook of Work Physiology: Physiological Bases of Exercise. 4rd ed. New York, McGraw Hill, 656p. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | 7. Kent, M. (2007). The Oxford dictionary of sports science and medicine.3rd ed. Oxford, NY: Oxford University Press, 624p. | ||||||||
| 2 | 8. Wilmore, W., L., & Costill, D. (2012). Physiology of Sport and Exercise. 5th ed. Human Kinetics, 640p. | ||||||||
| 3 | 9. Trenera rokasgrāmata. Rīga, LTTC, 2006., 2008., 2015. | ||||||||
| 4 | 10. Макарова, Г., А. (2002). Спортивная медицина. Учебник. Москва: Советский спорт, 480с. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | LAB | ||||||||
