PT6402
PT 6402 - The Shoulder in Sports (3 Cr.) Online may be available
Family Medicine and Community Health (11735)
TMED - Medical School
PT 6402 - The Shoulder in Sports (3 Cr.) Online may be available
Course description
A three-credit online course for students who are interested in investigating the biomechanical and epidemiological aspects of the shoulder in athletics. The course will explore the unique demands placed on the shoulder in sports that involve throwing, swimming, swinging, and bodily impacts. The course begins with an investigation into sport-specific biomechanics, pathomechanics, and epidemiology and progresses to applied problem solving for rehabilitation and research scenarios. Prerequisites: (1) an undergraduate or graduate human anatomy course and (2) an undergraduate or graduate biomechanics course. It is recommended, but not required, you have an anatomy course including a detailed shoulder anatomy section and a biomechanics course including a detailed shoulder biomechanics section. Consent from course instructor or Rehabilitation Science graduate program is required.
Minimum credits
3
Maximum credits
3
Is this course repeatable?
No
Grading basis
AFV - A-F or Audit
Lecture
Requirements
000030
Fulfills the writing intensive requirement?
No
Typically offered term(s)
Every Spring & Summer