Force Platform technology is increasingly used by performance, strength & conditioning and medical practitioners in sports in their daily practice.
This technology has over the past decade become one of the most commonly available tools to assess neuromuscular performance in sports settings – as part of the profiling of healthy athletes and in their care and management as part of regular monitoring during the competitive season.
Force platform assessments are also now commonplace in rehabilitation centres for status and trend evaluation or sitting alongside other strength & power diagnostic tools such as isokinetic dynamometry or in 3D kinematic assessments.
However, practitioners without a biomechanics background, are likely not to have had much exposure to this technology in their formative education.
Furthermore, there are few definitive sources of information designed for the practitioner that combine the delivery of core evidence and scientific principles with real-world experience delivering this technology in the sports setting to optimise training or rehabilitation processes.
This is the reason for creating this program with practitioner scientists with years of experience using this technology in the sports setting.
While, as the title indicates, the principal focus of the certificate is on the use of kinetics derived from force platform, testsforce platform (technology) has become a key asset when pursuing answers to performance and injury related questions that practitioners are constantly faced with in their roles.
However, we also refer to 3D kinematics and isokinetic testing where it is important to have an understanding of the additional information that these related tools can provide.
In this program, we aim to give you the means to understand and use data derived from force platform assessments to inform and enhance your decision-making processes in sports performance and rehabilitation-return to the sport.
Fees
COURSE OUTLINES
- Force Assessment and an Introduction to Kinematics
- Module 1: Force platform testing fundamentals
- Module 2: CMJ understanding variables and phases
- Module 3: Kinematics introduction
- Module 4: Upper Limb Assessment
- Injury and Rehabilitation Kinetics and Kinematics
- Module 1: Kinetics in ACL injury risk and rehabilitation (Isokinetics)
- Module 2: Kinetics in ACL injury and rehabilitation (Jump-land testing)
- Module 3: Kinematics in ACL injury risk and rehabilitation
- Module 4: Kinetics & kinematics in lower limb muscle and tendon injury and rehabilitation-patella and Achilles tendon, groin, hamstring
- Performance, Injury, and Rehabilitation Assessment Toolbox
- Module 1: Additional lower limb dynamic tests (squat jump, drop jump, squat, land & hold).
- Module 2: Lower Limb Isometric Tests
- Module 3: A framework and toolbox for kinetics and kinematics in rehabilitation and Return to Sport
- Module 4: A framework and toolbox for short term load-response monitoring and evaluating chronic adaptations
- Understand kinematics in the context of force assessment
- Utilize force assessment as a critical component in rehabilitation
- Adapt injury and rehabilitation frameworks to fit specific cases
COURSE DETAILS
Duration: 3 months.
Average dedication: 6/8 weekly hours.
Delivered in: English.
Aimed at:
• Students or graduates form sports science and health related careers.
• Strength and conditioning coaches.
• Physiotherapists.
• Athletic Trainers.
• Team Sports Physicians.
Thanks to our integration with remote supervision technologies, the Verified Certificate of Approval:
- Guarantee transparency of the certification process.
- Validates the identity of the certificate holder.
- Accredits the acquisition of specific competencies and skills.
- 24-hour access to study material, from anywhere on any device.
- Accompaniment, monitoring, and virtual support from an expert in the field.
- Activities and assessments with personalised feedback.
- Discussion forums and interaction with colleagues from all over the world.
- Certificate issued by Barca Innovation Hub and endorsed by the corresponding institution.
- Self-assessment to measure your learning progress.
PREREQUISITES
A good understanding of human body and tech would be beneficial