Online Course – Certified Professional Internship in Movement Science from the University of Colorado Boulder

Understand the basic science of movement! Specialize in neuromuscular factors that determine movement abilities in health and disease.

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Professional Certificate

Beginners Intermediate level Advanced involved

No prior knowledge required

Time to complete the course

7-day free trial

No unnecessary risks

Skills you will acquire in the course

  • Spinal reflex pathways
  • Strength training
  • Nerve pathways in motion
  • Muscle force control
  • Power-on signals
  • Adjustments in neuromuscular properties
  • Fatigue and the importance of fatigue
  • Neural control of walking
  • Rehabilitation after nervous system injuries
  • Neuromuscular adaptations with aging

What you will learn in the course

Courses for which the course is suitable

  • Physiotherapist
  • Fitness trainer
  • Movement rehabilitation specialist
  • Sports guide
  • Researcher in the field of movement science
  • Occupational therapist
  • Exercise physiology specialist
  • Traffic guide
  • Sports performance improvement specialist

Internship – a three-unit course series

This specialization is designed for individuals interested in understanding how the nervous system controls the muscular forces that drive movement. Through three courses, you will learn to distinguish the different roles of the nervous system in producing movement, which will help develop interventions that can improve and restore movement abilities. The skills and understanding you develop during the “Movement Science” sequence will prove invaluable as you navigate your chosen path. We hope this course series has ignited a passion for understanding and learning movement science!

Hands-on Learning Project

Each of the three courses includes four modules with 2-5 lessons per module. Each lesson includes a practice test and each module includes a graded test. The tests include 6-20 multiple-choice questions with 5 options, which are intended to provide additional learning opportunities.

Details of the courses that make up the specialization

Movements are controlled by muscle forces.

Course 1

  • 8 hours

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • Describe the generation and transmission of the active signal.
  • Explain the translation of the active signal into muscle force.

Skills you will encounter

  • Category: Muscle strength control
  • Control of muscle strength
  • Category: Creation and recording of active signals
  • Creating and recording active signals
  • Category: Converting activity signal into muscle force
  • Converting an activity signal into muscle force
  • Category: Electrical properties of noble membranes
  • Electrical properties of noble membranes
  • Category: Contractile properties of motor units
  • Contractile properties of motor units

Basic neural pathways for movement

Course 2

  • 9 hours

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • Evaluate the role of sensory feedback in movement execution.
  • Distinguish between the neural networks that create reflexes, automatic behaviors, and voluntary actions.

Skills you will encounter

  • Category: Sensory modulation of active signals
  • Sensory modulation of active signals
  • Category: Traffic Control
  • Traffic control
  • Category: Spinal cord physiology
  • Spinal cord physiology
  • Category: Reflex pathways
  • Reflex pathways
  • Category: Movement control by the brain
  • Control of movement by the brain

Movement abilities depend on neuromuscular properties

Course 3

  • 11 hours

Course Details

What you’ll learn

  • Distinguish between the adaptations and adjustments that are responsible for changes in neuromuscular function.
  • To evaluate rehabilitation strategies for recovery from injuries to the neuromuscular system.

Skills you will encounter

  • Category: Declines during healthy aging
  • Declines during healthy aging
  • Category: Sensorimotor control of movement
  • Sensorimotor control of movement
  • Category: Speed ​​Training Adjustments
  • Speed ​​training adjustments
  • Category: Neural Plasticity
  • Neural plasticity
  • Category: Fatigue and Fatigue Capacity
  • Fatigue and fatigue capacity