- UAB University Master's Degree
- Credits: 60 ECTS credits
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Course begins on 02/10/2023
Course ends on 10/06/2024 -
Beginning of the pre-enrolment period 24/03/2023
See the calendar - Pre-registration period: Open
- Places: 60 places
- Price: €5,400 (diploma issuing fees not included).
- Language: Spanish (85%), Catalan (5%), French (5%) and English (5%)
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Teaching centre:
"Gimbernat" School of Nursing and Physiotherapy (affiliated school)
The Master's Degree in Sports Physiotherapy and Readaptation to Physical Activity enables professionals to specialise in treating pathologies deriving from sports activities of all types: leisure, amateur or professional.
The master's degree provides thorough training in the following.
- Designing protocols for the prevention and treatment of injuries.
- Recovery and readaptation to physical activity and sport, in the clinic or at the sports facilities themselves.
- Research methodology based on scientific evidence and clinical practice.
Physical exercise is being prescribed more and more as a basic way to improve life expectancy and quality. It is practised at all ages and all levels, to obtain an optimal state of health.
Multidisciplinary teams seek qualified, diligent specialists to treat the pathologies associated with each sport, and to design prevention programmes.
The Gimbernat School of Nursing and Physiotherapy, affiliated to the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, together with renowned institutions like the National Institute of Physical Education of Catalonia, the High-Performance Centre (CAR-Sant Cugat) and the medical services of FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol, offer specialist training of guaranteed quality: clearly oriented to professional practice but also building up useful competences in health science research.
Placements take place at the High-Performance Centre (CAR-Sant Cugat) and with the medical services of FC Barcelona and RCD Espanyol.
Career options
On completion of this master's degree in Sports Physiotherapy and Readaptation to Physical Activity our students will be able to work not only in sports-related institutions (high-performance sports centres, sports technification centres, sports clubs, gyms, schools, etc.) but also as physiotherapists capable of efficiently meeting treatment and prevention needs in any area of healthcare, including primary care.
In addition, they will be trained in the methodology of research based on clinical practice, with the aim of sharing their knowledge of health and sports performance with other sports professionals and the general public.
Work placements
Module 4: placement
The placements that take place in Module 4 have a study load of 5 ECTS, with 100 hours on-site (80%) and 25 hours of self-directed learning (20%).
These placements are tutor-supported and may take place at the following institutions:
- High-Performance Centre (CAR-Sant Cugat)
- F.C. Barcelona
- R.C.D. Espanyol
and they are essential to the development of professional competences since they integrate the theory learnt with specific skills and attitudes.
High-Performance Centre (CAR-Sant Cugat). Resources and facilities available.
The CAR-Sant Cugat takes up 17 hectares, 26,000 m2 of which correspond to the new module of sports pavilions and Science, Medicine and Technology (CMT) unit.
The Science, Medicine and Technology unit comprises 11 departments (Technology, Healthcare, Physiology and Functional Evaluation, Dietetics and Nutrition, Physiotherapy, Osteopathy, Psychology, Chiropody, Nursing, and Physical and Biomechanical Preparation), with a total of 34 professionals.
The students, jointly with their tutors, will have access to patient information, medical records, complementary tests and the information available to the other professionals. They can perform the evaluation and physiotherapy diagnosis and apply the corresponding treatment under the supervision of the professional-tutor, after presenting the case in the weekly clinical session.
The physiotherapist works basically on the physical recovery-readaptation of the injured sportsperson.
Medical Service of FC Barcelona in Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, Sant Joan d'Espí. Resources and facilities available.
The placements are held at the Medical Service of FC Barcelona in Ciutat Esportiva Joan Gamper, Sant Joan d'Espí.
The Medical Service occupies 1,300 m2 and has a wide range of diagnostic imaging equipment and the latest generation of equipment for functional evaluation: isokinetic and eccentric, among others.
The placement takes place with the men's and women's football teams, except the professional first team. It could also take place with another of the professional sections: basketball, handball, roller hockey or indoor football.
Students are involved in the diagnosis, treatment, recovery and prevention of sports injuries.
The physiotherapist works basically on the physical recovery-readaptation of the injured sportsperson.
Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque, of RCD Espanyol (Cornellà). Resources and facilities available.
The placement with RCD Espanyol football club is held at Ciutat Esportiva Dani Jarque (address: Antiga Carretera de Mataró s / n, Sant Adrià de Besòs).
The placement is scheduled within the 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. period, mainly with the Espanyol B team and occasionally with other teams in the club, in the area of sports pathology in football.
The physiotherapist works basically on the physical recovery-readaptation of the injured sportsperson.
The Medical Service of the first team and the B team is formed by the head of service, two doctors and six physiotherapists, three of whom are assigned to readaptation.