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Master

Physiotherapy in Sports - I edition

I level
I
1 year
Friday (afternoon), Saturday (full day), Sunday (morning)
Italian
60
Blended

START
May 2025

The Master is academic partner of:

 

Villa Stuart

Top Physio Academy

Purposes

The aim of the Academic Master is to train professionals with specific and qualified skills within the field of sports rehabilitation, from single intervention to the intervention in large sports groups.
Upon completion of the Academic Masters, the candidates will be able to design, perform kinesiological assessments, conduct and manage rehabilitation protocols for high-level athletes. The students will acquire specific competencies for the administration of work programmes aimed at achieving, maintaining and recovering, through rehabilitation and exercise, the optimal framework of health, efficiency and psychophysical well-being.
Basic preparation in the biomedical field will be integrated with innovative contents and methods, proposed in the course, which are fundamental for both physiotherapy and athletics disciplines.

Upon completion of the course, the candidates may aspire to the following professions:

  • sports physiotherapist working in professional sports teams
  • sports physiotherapist working in physiotherapy centres specialist in the treatment of sports subjects
  • sports physiotherapist working in clinics specialising in orthopaedics and rehabilitation of sports subjects

 

Target students and career opportunities

Candidates in possession of an academic qualification obtained abroad that is equivalent in duration and content to the Italian academic qualification required for admission to an Academic Master may apply for admission.However, enrolment remains subject to the assessment of the suitability of the qualification by the academic bodies for the sole purpose of enrolment. In the event of failure to meet the prescribed requirements, the Postgraduate Training Office may, at any time and with justified reasoning, order exclusion from the Academic Master.
Candidates in possession of a qualification obtained abroad that has not previously been declared equivalent by an Italian academic authority may ask the Scientific Committee to recognise their qualification solely for the limited purpose of enrolling in the course. The qualification obtained abroad  must be accompanied by an official translation into Italian, legalisation and declaration of value by the Italian Diplomatic Representations in the country in which the qualification was obtained.

 

Admission

In order to enrol in the Academic Master,  the candidates are required to have attained the following academic qualifications:

  1. Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy obtained according to the didactic regulations prior to Ministerial Decree no. 509 of 3 November 1999
  2. Bachelor's Degree in Physiotherapy pursuant to Ministerial Decree 509/99 and pursuant to Ministerial Decree 270/2004
  3. Specialist Degree in Physiotherapy pursuant to Ministerial Decree 509/99 and Master's Degrees pursuant to Ministerial Decree 270/2004
  4. University diploma in Physiotherapy
  5. Equivalent qualifications to the qualifications listed above
  6. Any other degrees will be assessed by a special teaching commission

 

Tuition fees

The annual tuition for the registration to the Master is 4.500 €

 

Registration

Students wishing to enrol may request an appointment with the Postgraduate Office by calling +39 06 3400 6000.

 

Internal Faculty

The internal Faculty is comprised of professors with over-five-year professional experience on the subject matter.

 

Scientific director

 

Didactic director

 

Scientific commission

 

Teaching Staff

PROGRAMME

  • Palpatory anatomy and functional testing
  • Practical applications of muscle physiology in rehabilitation
  • Muscle physiology
  • Notes on fibrolysis and cupping
  • Nutrition in sport
  • Medical Fitness
  • Re-athletisation methods
  • Posture and biomechanics of the cyclist
  • Principles of clinical biomechanics of the spinal column applied to sports
  • Prevention protocol
  • Applied concepts of Functional Assessment
  • Laboratory of Functional Assessment: General Part
  • The Newton method
  • Musculo-skeletal ultrasound with a focus on sports with live ultrasound anatomy
  • Musculoskeletal MRI and X-ray with a focus on sports: muscle injuries, fractures and shoulder, knee and ankle injuries
  • First aid and diagnostic framing of muscle injuries and fractures and injuries of the shoulder, knee and ankle"
  • From experimentation to publication: EBM in sports physiotherapy
  • Sports fitness in orthopaedics
  • Growth factors
  • Focus on spinal pathology in the growing athlete
  • Neurosurgery and orthopaedic spine surgery in sports
  • Introduction to pubalgia and conservative treatments
  • Hip pathology as a cause of pubalgia
  • Sport's hernia as a cause of pubalgia
  • Foot injuries in sports
  • Ankle injuries in sports
  • Shoulder injuries in sports
  • Knee injuries: meniscus and cruciate ligaments
  • Muscle injuries. Classification and treatment
  • Brachial plexus orthopaedics and sports traumatology
  • Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology in the elbow
  • Sports Orthopaedics and Traumatology in the wrist and hand
  • Fascial anatomy and manual techniques - PART I
  • Fascial anatomy and manual techniques - PART II
  • Postural therapies in sports
  • Ankle re-education and manual techniques applied to sports (First, second and third phase)
  • Shoulder rehabilitation and manual techniques applied to sports (First, second and third phase)
  • Re-education in pubalgia and manual skills applied to sports (First, second and third phase)
  • Drills and running propaedeutics
  • Post-operative rehabilitation protocols for meniscal injuries
  • Post-operative shoulder rehabilitation protocols: PART I
  • The post-operative shoulder rehabilitation protocols: PART II
  • Post-operative ACL rehabilitation protocols
  • The foot post-operative rehabilitation protocols
  • Post-operative ankle rehabilitation protocols
  • Sports physiotherapy in Paralympic athletes
  • Post-operative hip rehabilitation in the context of pubalgia
  • The third phase of knee rehabilitation
  • Spinal rehabilitation in athletes
  • Rehabilitation of pathologies and injuries of the hand and wrist
  • Brachial plexus and elbow rehabilitation applied to sports
  • INTENSIVE NEUROMUSCULAR TAPING COURSE
    • The use of taping in sports physiotherapy
    • Neuromuscular taping in sport
  • INTENSIVE SPORTS MASSAGE COURSE
    • Massage in sports physiotherapy
    • Sports massage: manual techniques
  • Basic concepts of post-injury psychology and applied sports psychology
  • An account of his or her professional experience in relation to the master
  • The importance of the figure of the physiotherapist in the world of sport: the relationship between the physiotherapist and the athlete and the role of communication
  • Communication between the sports doctor and the physiotherapist
  • Personal professional experience
  • Personal professional experience in the locker room
  • Principles of communicatio
  • Post-injury psychology and practice applied to the professional athlete
  • Hydrokinesitherapy in the rehabilitation of the sportsman: lower limb - PART I
  • Hydrokinesitherapy in the rehabilitation of athletes: lower limb - PART II
  • Hydrokinetic therapy in sports rehabilitation: the spine - PART I
  • Hydrokinesiotherapy in sportsmen's rehabilitation: column - PART II
  • Hydrokinesiotherapy in sports rehabilitation: upper limb - PART I
  • Hydrokinesiotherapy in sports rehabilitation: upper limb - PART II
  • Seminars and supplementary practical activities will be held at Top Physio Clinics and Villa Stuart facilities

At the end of each course there will be an examination relating to the topics covered. The grade (expressed in thirtieths) will form an integral part of the final grade average for the Master.