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Study programmes 2010-2011Last update : 11/04/2011
KINE0540-1  Sports activities adapted to handicaps
Duration :  15h Th, 20h Pr
Credits/ECTS :  
Master in Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation First semester3
Holder(s) :  Marc Vanderthommen
Language :  French language
Course contents :  Sports activities adapted to handicaps:

- the levels and structures of adapted physical activities in Belgium and the rest of the world.

- the classification of handicaps and the medical classifications of different types of handicapped people.

- Technical, tactical and technological analysis of sports practiced by physically handicapped people: adapted basketball, adapted tennis, adapted table tennis, seated volleyball.

- Technological evolutions (sport carriages, artificial limbs)

- The methods for evaluating the physical qualities of a musculoskeletal handicapped person

- Sensory handicaps and sports practice.

- Mental handicaps and sport practice.
Course objective :  The main goal of this course is teach concepts related to the practice of physical activities and / or adapted sports by less able people
Prerequisites :  Pathology courses ; courses related to sports techniques.
Workshops :  Practical works authorize students to live in real situation different adapted sports (basket-ball, badminton, volley-ball, torball). These practical works take place during 6 sessions of 3 h (3x1h) on Wednesday pm (2nd quadrimester).
Organization :  See timetable notice board.
Written notes :  Available from the lecturer.
Assessment :  Oral exam.
Contacts :  M. VANDERTHOMMEN, lecturer
Institut Supérieur d'Education Physique et de Kinésithérapie, Bât. B21, allée des Sports, 4, 4000 LIEGE
Tel. : 04/366.38.78; Fax : 04/366.29.01; e-Mail : mvanderthommen@ulg.ac.be
Secretariat : Mme Marchand or Mme Cremasco (tel. : 04/366.38.91)


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