Clinical Sport Therapy and Sport Physiology (MSc)

Overview

This Master’s programme

• teaches in-depth connections between physiological processes in sports, the development of performance and the effect of exercise on the differentiated therapy of internal, orthopedic and neurological diseases,
• shows evidence-based strategies for the design of rehabilitation and therapy processes,
• qualifies for the implementation of diagnostic procedures and performance-optimising processes in elite sports,
•  incorporates related disciplines such as nutritional science and health psychology, and
•  integrates practice components about sports and exercise medicine with theoretical training and therapeutic planning both technically and in terms of content.

Within practically oriented seminars, performance diagnostic procedures are also carried out directly on athletes through cooperation with professional sports clubs. The optimisation of performance in elite sports is simultaneously used as a physiological model for sports therapy processes. Some modules closely link clinical-therapeutic topics with performance development. Likewise, students gain theoretical and practical knowledge to work with ill people, to diagnose abilities and skills, to design rehabilitation processes, to design therapeutic exercise programmes, to accompany them and to evaluate them scientifically. For this purpose, there is a close regional network with the rehabilitation site in Bad Nauheim. Some events take place in the clinic and therefore directly with patients.

Another important aspect of the programme is the theoretical and practical learning of a method platform for the analysis of human performance, its limitation by diseases, injuries and damages as well as measurement methods from biomedicine and medical biometry. The use of e-health platforms, telemedical procedures and software-based tools in competitive sports will also be taught and discussed. In order to enable later independent work, business management knowledge is also integrated while focussing on the foundation of companies.