Physiotherapy in Pain Management (4 cr)
Code: STF6077-3001
General information
Enrollment
01.10.2020 - 31.10.2020
Timing
07.01.2021 - 28.05.2021
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4 op
Virtual portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
75 % Contact teaching, 25 % Distance learning
Unit
Fysioterapeuttikoulutus (SF)
Campus
Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9
Teaching languages
- Finnish
- English
Seats
20 - 40
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Physiotherapy
Teachers
- Sini Puustinen
- Antti Alamäki
Teacher in charge
Sini Puustinen
Scheduling groups
- Pienryhmä 1 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
- Pienryhmä 2 (Size: 0. Open UAS: 0.)
Groups
-
STFNK20Physiotherapist, Full-time Studies, Spring, 2020
Small groups
- Pienryhmä 1
- Pienryhmä 2
Objective
- You have knowledge and skills to assess the structures and function of the nervous system and implement neurodynamic treatment.
- You have knowledge and skills to name the most usual, physiotherapy related symptoms and diseases, and to describe the structural changes in cell and structure caused by process or cause of symptom or disease.
- You have knowledge and skills to identify the stages of the healing process of different tissues and to choose management and treatment strategies to different stages.
- You have the knowledge and skills to biopsychosocial approach of pain.
- You have the knowledge and skills to pain assessment and management in physiotherapy.
Content
Part A: Neuroanatomy and physiology, and neurodynamic assessment and treatment in physiotherapy, 1 ECTS (27 hours)
Part B: Pathophysiology, 1 ECTS (27 hours)
Part C: Pain as a Phenomenon, and Assessment and Management in Physiotherapy', 2 ECTS, (54 hours)
Evaluation scale
Approved/Rejected