Specialized Program in Team Sports Injuries

This program delves into the role of strength training in both performance enhancement and injury prevention. It focuses on understanding the central processing of voluntary movement in athletes.  

  • Category: Injury Prevention & Rehab
  • Level: beginner
  • Duration: 5 months
  • Price: 980 EUR

Official courses from Barça Innovation Hub, FC Barcelona's educational arm, with experts who have worked inside the club. Earn an accredited certificate issued by the hub, available across the Middle East and North Africa through Champions Hub, its official partner for the fifth year.

What you will learn

  • Propose efficient prevention strategies based on scientific evidence.
  • Handle pathologies and specific injuries in sports.
  • Improve critical analysis in sports science and health roles.
  • Understand the central nervous system's influence on human movement and decision-making.
  • Apply appropriate methodologies to post-injury rehabilitation focusing on strength development.

Course content

  • Module 1: Injury Prevention
    • Basic concepts in epidemiology and injury prevention.
    • Muscle injury prevention.
    • Prevention of joint injuries.
    • Integrative reading.
  • Module 2: Team Sports Pathology
    • Management of medical pathology.
    • Sports-specific pathologies.
    • Special sports and competitions.
  • Module 3: Neuromuscular Basis for Strength Training
    • Characteristics of the musculoskeletal system.
    • Muscle action and its relationship to sports.
    • Assessment of muscular properties in relation to sport.
  • Module 4: Central Processing of Voluntary Movement
    • The logic of motor functions and decision-making.
    • Neuromotor programming.
    • Integrative reading.
  • Module 5: Strength and Muscle Power in Rehabilitation
    • Analysis of sports injury mechanisms.
    • Strength manifestations and muscle power in rehabilitation.
    • New paradigms in strength training.

Specialized Program in Team Sports Injuries