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Dec 15, 2025
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University General Course Catalog 2021-2022 ARCHIVED CATALOG: LINKS AND CONTENT ARE OUT OF DATE. CHECK WITH YOUR ADVISOR.
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KIN 756 - Rehabilitation Techniques in Sports Medicine (3 units)
This course examines the various rehabilitation protocols and techniques for common injuries sustained in athletic activity and sport. The concepts of tissue inflammation, repair, and remodeling are applied to the rehabilitation process. Rehabilitation skills and evidence-based application of assessing and treating movement dysfunction, mobility deficits, range of motion, joint mobilization, strengthening, aerobic exercise, plyometric exercise, proprioception, aquatic therapy, are applied.
Maximum units a student may earn: 3
Prerequisite(s): KIN 662 . Recommended Preparation: undergraduate courses in anatomy, physiology, (BIOL 223A , BIOL 223L , BIOL 224A , BIOL 224L ) exercise physiology (CHS 370 ), kinesiology (CHS 371 , KIN 422 ), and sports medicine (CHS 362 ).
Grading Basis: Graded
Units of Lecture: 3
Offered: Every Spring
Student Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, students will be able to:
1. evaluate components of a comprehensive plan of care for an injured athlete.
2. assess the effects of therapeutic exercise on the inflammatory response, soft tissue and bony repair and return to athletic participation.
3. use evidence based theory to justify the use of various contemporary therapeutic rehabilitation techniques within the constraints of: Indications Contraindications Theory.
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