Functional Testing & Exercise

Hours

2.0 Credit, 2 Lecture, 0 Lab

Students will gain detailed understanding of how daily functional movement patterns and regular functional exercise contribute to optimal levels of functional fitness and promote management and reduction of musculoskeletal pain, prevention of musculoskeletal injury, rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injury, and enhanced athletic performance. Students will learn essential concepts and principles regarding functional movement assessment and how to accurately monitor changes in functional fitness across time.

Basic Science Principles

Synthesize principles of anatomy, physiology, pathomechanics, neurophysiology, and statistics as they relate to sports medicine and rehabilitation

Oral Presentation

Synthesize principles of anatomy, physiology, pathomechanics, neurophysiology, and statistics as they relate to sports medicine and rehabilitation

Evaluate Literature

Synthesize principles of anatomy, physiology, pathomechanics, neurophysiology, and statistics as they relate to sports medicine and rehabilitation