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Study Course Description
Basics of Physiotherapy
Course Code
REK_187
Branch of Science
Clinical medicine; Health care sciences and services
ECTS
3.00
Target Audience
Rehabilitation
LQF
Level 6
Study Type And Form
Full-Time
Study Course Implementer
Course Supervisor
Guna Semjonova
Structure Unit Manager
Liāna Deklava
Structural Unit
Department of Rehabilitation
Contacts
Riga, 26a Anninmuizas boulevard, rk@rsu.lv, +371 20271291
About Study Course
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.
Preliminary Knowledge
Previously acquired study courses in anatomy, human physiology, biomechanics.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge
1.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
1.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.
Competences
1.Be able to understand the results of patient assessment and apply them in professional activities.
Assessment
Individual work
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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.
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Examination
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Permanent work - 50%; Final exam - 50%.
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Study Course Theme Plan
FULL-TIME
Part 1
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Lecture
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2
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Topics
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Motor control theory. Child's motor development. Concept of physiological movement. Concept of abnormal movement.
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Normal posture and gait of a person, their possible disorders.
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Acquisition of skills, analysis of human activity in the environment.
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Auditorium
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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.
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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.
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Goniometry – determination of the volume of lower limb joint movements. Acquisition of practical skills of measuring the volume of movements in the joints.
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Auditorium
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Practical testing of muscle length and strength in the extremities. A person's normal posture, its practical determination, recognition of possible changes.
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Development of motor control for a child. Normal course of a person, practical evaluation of it, recognition of possible changes.
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Total ECTS (Creditpoints):
3.00
Contact hours:
22 Academic Hours
Final Examination:
Exam (Oral)
Bibliography
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.