Veidlapa Nr. M-3 (8)
Study Course Description
Sports Medicine
Course Code
REK_168
Branch of Science
Health sciences
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Rehabilitation
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time; Part-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Māra Kuļša
Structure Unit Manager
Liāna Deklava
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Contacts
Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk@rsu.lv, +371 20271291
About Study Course
Objective
To provide knowledge of medical control to people engaged in physical exercise and sport; health problems that may arise from sport; on the assessment of health-related physical fitness indicators for those involved in sports-related physical activities.
Preliminary Knowledge
Human Anatomy, Physiology, Sport for Health, Kinesiology, Internal diseases, Traumathology and Orthopaedics.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.Understand the importance of medical control for different groups of people engaged in physical exercise and sport, be able to characterise health-related physical fitness level and methods of assessment, be aware of sports-specific injuries, be able to characterise risk factors for sports injuries, be able to characterise pathological conditions occurring in sport.
Skills
1.Will be able to assess and evaluate health-related physical fitness indicators and make recommendations to improve them, will be able to recognise and assess the most common risk factors for sports injuries and health and make recommendations to prevent them.
Competences
1.Will be able to identify and explain to their patients the existing level of physical fitness and recommend appropriate physical exercises to raise it, as well as make recommendations to their patients engaged in sport for health promotion, on options for improving physical fitness, on options for reducing sports injuries and other pathological conditions.
Assessment
Individual work
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1.
Individual work |
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• independent work with reading sources and preparation for the practical lessons; • scientific article analysis and preparation for the seminar; • prepare an evidence-based selected topic presentation. In order to evaluate thIn order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. |
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Examination
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1.
Examination |
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• presentation of individual independent work (30%); • submitted fitness assessment protocol and recommendations in written form (30%); • final test (40%). |
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Sports medicine, its content. Medical control in sports medicine.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Medical control of special groups in sports.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Sports injuries and pathological conditions in sports
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Doping and doping control in sport.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Study room
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4
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Topics
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Evaluation of health related physical fitness.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Evaluation of health related physical fitness and recommendations.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Sports physiotherapy. Sports injury prevention and physiotherapy.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Study visit: Latvian Olympic team – medical provision for high-level athletes in Latvia.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Study room
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4
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Topics
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Study visit: Testing of physical fitness in laboratory settings(LASE Health care Sport center).
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Seminar: current issues in sports medicine and physiotherapy.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
32 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
PART-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Sports medicine, its content. Medical control in sports medicine.
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Medical control of special groups in sports.
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-
Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Sports injuries and pathological conditions in sports
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Lecture
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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2
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Topics
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Doping and doping control in sport.
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-
Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Evaluation of health related physical fitness.
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-
Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Evaluation of health related physical fitness and recommendations.
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-
Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Sports physiotherapy. Sports injury prevention and physiotherapy.
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Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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On site
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Other
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4
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Topics
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Study visit: Latvian Olympic team – medical provision for high-level athletes in Latvia.
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-
Class/Seminar
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Modality
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Location
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Contact hours
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|---|---|---|
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On site
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Auditorium
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4
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Topics
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Seminar: current issues in sports medicine and physiotherapy.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
28 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam
Bibliography
Required Reading
1.
Lāriņs V. Sporta medicīna. Jumava, 2022
2.
Brukner P., Khan K. Brukner & Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine, Injuries. Volume I, Mcgraw Medical, 2017
3.
Brukner P., Khan K. Brukner & Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine, The Medicine of Exercise. Volume II, Mcgraw Medical, 2019
4.
ACSM's guidelines for exercise testing and prescription. 12th Edition, Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2025
Additional Reading
1.
ACSM's Fitness Assessment Manual. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2021
2.
ACSM's Behavioral Aspects of Physical Activity and Exercise. Philadelphia : Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2014
3.
Trenera rokasgrāmata. Jumava, Rīga, 2022
Other Information Sources
1.
RSU pieejamās datu bāzes.
2.
E-studijas