National Taiwan University

School and Graduate Institute of Physical Therapy

Course Syllabus in Introduction to Sports Injuries/ 2008

Course number：408 50200

Course Description:

Campus sports competition is popular, so do the sports injuries. It impacts students’ learning when the injuries occurs, even discontinues learning. This course provides the students other than in the College of Medicine not only the knowledge of sports injuries, but also the emergency management and prevention through lectures and discussions. It aims to facilitate the proper concepts of sports for campus students. An additional web-based wiki technique for final report is also required.

Credit： 3

Schedule: Thursday, 1:20pm-4:20pm, room 201, Public Health Building

Instructor: Huei-Ming Chai, PT, PhD

Office: Public Health Building, Room 309, National Taiwan University

Phone: 3322-8140

E-Mail: hmchai@ ntu.edu.tw

General Objectives of the Course:

After completing this course, the students would be able to

1. describe common sports injuries and its emergent management

2. identify human motions and their roles in rehabilitation

3. explicit methods to prevent from sports injuries

Grading system: course and online forum participation 40%

final examination 60%

Textbooks:

1. Huei-ming Chai：Sports Injuries Websites。http://www.pt.ntu.edu.tw/hmchai/AthleticInjury

2. 黃啟煌、王百川、林晉利、朱彥穎：運動傷害與急救。華格那 2003

Agenda:

Date	Contents	Discussion Topics
97/ 02/ 14	Course Orientaiton; Common Sports Injuries	Differences between acute and chronic injuries
97/ 02/ 21	Basic Concepts：Principles of Management	Heat or cold?
97/ 02/ 28	Basketball Injuries：ankle sprain	Prevention from ligament sprain
97/ 03/ 06	Basketball Injuries：ACL rupture	Prevention from ligament sprain
97/ 03/ 13	Basic Concepts：taping	Selection of taping
97/ 03/ 20	Basic Concepts：inflammation and healing	Inflammatory process
97/ 03 / 27	Basketball injuries：patellar tendinitis	Prevention from tendinitis
97/ 04/ 03	Jogger’s Injuries：plantar fasciitis	Prevention from plantar fasciitis
97/ 04/ 10	Jogger’s Injuries：stress fracture	Prevention from stress fracture
97/ 04/ 17	Throwing Injuries：shoulder tendinitis	Prevention from throwing injuries
97/ 04/ 24	Throwing Injuries：back injuries	Back exercises
97/ 05/ 01	Basic Concepts：laxity	Joint stability exercise
97/ 05/ 08	Prevention：selection of sports items	Screening tests prior to sports
97/ 05/ 15	Prevention：selection of shoes and devices	Check out shoes
97/ 05/ 22	Prevention：flexibility and warm up	Preparation back to sports
97/ 05/ 29	Prevention：muscle strength training	Preparation back to sports
97/ 06/ 05	Prevention：proprioceptive training	Preparation back to sports
97/ 06/ 12	Final examination