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Basics of Physiotherapy
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:10.08.2023 13:34:06
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | REK_187 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Health Care | Target Audience: | Rehabilitation | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Guna Semjonova | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Department of Rehabilitation | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk rsu[pnkts]lv, +371 20271291 | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 22 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Previously acquired study courses in anatomy, human physiology, biomechanics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with an understanding of patient examination, as well as practical skills in the assessment of the resulting outcomes, in the context of the fundamentals of physiotherapy. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Physiotherapy and the concept of physiotherapy. A general overview of the technologies used in physiotherapy in Latvia. Historical context and development of physiotherapy as a health care discipline. Basic segments of the human body, center of gravity, equilibrium conditions, basic planes, axes and movements, their definitions. Physiological processes underlying movements and functions. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 2 | The most important structures of human anatomy for physiotherapy. Understanding the biomechanical processes underlying movement and function. Classification of movements. The concept of range of motion and degrees of freedom in joints, closed and open positions, joint kinematic chains: closed and open. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 3 | Macro- and micro-structure of muscles: sarcomere, sliding thread theory, motor unit, recruitment mechanism, contraction regimes. Distribution of muscles by type of fibers, volume of muscle work, force – length, force – speed ratio. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 4 | Motor control theory. Child's motor development. Concept of physiological movement. Concept of abnormal movement. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 5 | Normal posture and gait of a person, their possible disorders. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 6 | Acquisition of skills, analysis of human activity in the environment. | Lectures | 1.00 | other | |||||
| 7 | Demonstration of osteokinetic movements of the human body in different planes and their recognition by performing simple exercises. Types of muscle contractions. Practical task: motion analysis. Practical analysis of body positions after 5 points. Motor control: analysis of muscle work to ensure posture stability. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Goniometry – determination of the volume of movements of the joints of the upper limb. Acquisition of practical skills of measuring the volume of movements in the joints. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Goniometry – determination of the volume of lower limb joint movements. Acquisition of practical skills of measuring the volume of movements in the joints. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Practical testing of muscle length and strength in the extremities. A person's normal posture, its practical determination, recognition of possible changes. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | Development of motor control for a child. Normal course of a person, practical evaluation of it, recognition of possible changes. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Permanent work: Within the study course, students will have to master lecture material and compulsory literature, successfully pass the final examination of the course. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Permanent work - 50%; Final exam - 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Oral) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | |||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | After completing the course, the student will gain knowledge of how the control of movements and postures in the motor is carried out in the human body, and how to examine the number of movements, tests of muscle length and strength, posture and gait assessment. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Evaluate muscle function by performing movements and holding various positions, perform the examination of the volume of movements in the limb joints, tests of muscle length and strength, assessment of posture and gait. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Be able to understand the results of patient assessment and apply them in professional activities. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Norkin, Cyntia C., White D. Joyce Measurement of Joint Motion. A Guide to goniometry. 5th Edition, 2016. by F.A. Davis Company, pp. 1.- 408. | ||||||||
| 2 | Peterson Kendall, F., Kendall McCreary E., Provance P.G. Muscles Testing and Function with Posture and Pain. 2010, Williams & Wilkins. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Porter, Stuart, ed. Tidy's Physiotherapy E-Book. Elsevier Health Sciences, 2013. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Shumway-Cook, Anne,Woollacott, Majorie H. Motor Control Translating Research into Clinical Practice. 5th Edition, 2017, Wolters Kluwer, pp. 1.- 79. | ||||||||
