Advanced Program in Injury Management for Team Sports

• Injury Prevention
  • MODULE 1: Basic concepts in epidemiology and injury prevention
  • MODULE 2: Muscle injury prevention
  • MODULE 3: Prevention on joint injuries
  • MODULE 4: Integrative reading
• Team Sports Pathology
  • MODULE 1: Management of medical pathology 1
  • MODULE 2: Management of medical pathology 2
  • MODULE 3: Sports Specific pathologies
  • MODULE 4: Special sports and competitions
• Neuromuscular Basis for Strength Training
  • MODULE 1: Characteristics of the musculoskeletal system
  • MODULE 2: Muscle action and its relationship to sports
  • MODULE 3: Systemic changes in detraining and immobilisation
  • MODULE 4: Assessment of muscular properties in relation to sport
• Strength Training Methodology: Application in Performance Enhancement and Post-Injury Rehabilitation
  • MODULE 1: Contextualization: how can we adapt strength training to team sports?
  • MODULE 2: Strength workload methodology in situation sports
  • MODULE 3: Integrating strength workload into planning and programming of situation sports
  • MODULE 4: Strength in the design of sports specific tasks. Examples based on football
• Strength and Muscle Power as Key in Injury Rehabilitation
  • MODULE 1: Analysis of injury in sports: injury mechanisms and associated risk factors
  • MODULE 2: Sports injuries and their relationship with the quality of strength
  • MODULE 3: Strength manifestations and muscle power in the post-injury rehabilitation process
  • MODULE 4: New paradigms in strength training: muscle building through vascular occlusion
• Best Practice Approach to Workload Monitoring
  • MODULE 1: Weekly changes
  • MODULE 2: Acute chronic load ratio: concept and calculation method
  • MODULE 3: Acute chronic load ratio: application and limitations
  • MODULE 4: Training load moderators and mediators
• The Training-Injury Prevention Paradox
  • MODULE 1: Relationship between internal load variables, and between external load variables
  • MODULE 2: Relationship between external load variables
  • MODULE 3: Integrating measurements. Efficiency index
  • MODULE 4: Selecting variables

• Develop and implement efficient, evidence-based prevention strategies
• Manage and treat sport-specific pathologies and injuries effectively
• Enhance critical thinking by exploring roles in sports science and health fields
• Boost sports performance and prevent injuries through advanced strength training and muscle power methodologies
• Design post-injury rehabilitation processes focusing on strength development
• Use workload monitoring data to optimize training and minimize injury risks

Duration: 7 months.
Average dedication: 6/8 weekly hours.
Delivered in: English.

Aimed at:
• Strength and Conditioning coaches;
• Physiotherapists;
• Return-to-Play coaches;
• Sports Physicians.

• 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.

A good understanding of injuries and the human body would be beneficial.