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Unit of Study HLTH3012 - Exercise for Injury Prevention, Rehabilitation and Musculoskeletal Health (2023)

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Unit Snapshot

  • Unit type

    UG Coursework Unit

  • Credit points

    12

  • Faculty/College

    Faculty of Health

  • Placement

    No

  • Enrolment information

    Please note this unit has assessments scheduled in Week 7 which will require attendance on-campus. Details will be provided closer to the time.

Unit description

Focuses upon the application of foundational knowledge in the areas of musculoskeletal health, musculoskeletal injury prevention, and rehabilitation principles in a multidisciplinary environment. Students will develop skills in musculoskeletal assessment, and the design and delivery of safe, effective evidence-based exercise interventions for individuals with musculoskeletal conditions.

Unit content

  1. Clinical approach to assessment of musculoskeletal injury in general and athletic populations across the lifespan 
  2. Evidence based exercise rehabilitation techniques in acute musculoskeletal injuries
  3. Evidence based exercise rehabilitation techniques in overuse musculoskeletal injuries
  4. Occupational injury, rehabilitation and return to work
  5. Injury prevention and return to play
  6. Musculoskeletal disease management in special populations

Availabilities

Location Domestic International
Coffs Harbour
Term4
Term4
Gold Coast
Term4
Term4
Lismore
Term4
Term4

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

employ the core principles and methodologies of workplace health, workplace rehabilitation and work conditioning

critically analyse and integrate knowledge of injury prevention and rehabilitation, underlying principles and concepts, using an evidence-based practice

apply and adapt critical clinical thinking and clinical reasoning to provide timely identification of, and response(s) to, clinical safety risks for exercise for individuals with musculoskeletal conditions

autonomously design and deliver safe, effective and evidence-based functional exercise assessments and interventions for individuals with musculoskeletal disease or conditions

Prescribed learning resources

Prescribed Texts
  • Brukner, P., Khan, K., Cook, J., Cools, A., Crossley, K., Hutchinson, M., McCrory, P., Bahr, R., & Clarsen, B., 2017, Brukner and Khan’s clinical sports medicine: Injuries, 5th edition, McGraw-Hill Education, Australia.
Prescribed Resources/Equipment
  • No prescribed resources/equipment.

Prescribed Learning Resources may change in future Teaching Periods.