.
Sports Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:01.11.2024 13:42:30
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | LSPA_245 | LQF level: | All Levels | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.33 | ECTS: | 2.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Sports Science | Target Audience: | Pedagogy; Sports Trainer | ||||||
| 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) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 10 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 20 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Study courses mastered: Educational Psychology for Teachers, Teacher’s Professional Skills, Social-Emotional Learning, Legal Aspects of Pedagogical Process, Teaching and Learning in the Context of Diversity, General and Physical Activity Biochemistry, Human Anatomy and Dynamic Anatomy, Foundations and Methodology of Volleyball, Foundations and Methodology of Track and Field Exercises, Foundations and Methodology of Swimming, Foundations and Methodology of Gymnastics, Rhythmics and Rhythmic Combinations, Teacher’s Placement | ||||||||
| Objective: | To enable students 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 | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Determination of posture and somatotype. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Determination of leg and foot condition. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Determination of physical development. | Classes | 2.00 | 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 | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-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 | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Determination of posture and somatotype. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Determination of leg and foot condition. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Determination of physical development. | Classes | 2.00 | 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: | 1. Independent data analysis, drawing conclusions. Designing protocols on practical works. 2. Preparation for seminar classes, written work No.1. 3. Preparation for seminar classes, written work No.2. 4. 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%). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | 1. Main issues 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. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | 6. 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 skolēnu 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. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | LAB | ||||||||
