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Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy II  (6 cr)

Code: STF6082-3002

General information


Enrollment

01.10.2021 - 31.10.2021

Timing

10.01.2022 - 29.05.2022

Number of ECTS credits allocated

6 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Fysioterapeuttikoulutus (SF)

Campus

Tikkarinne Campus Tikkarinne 9

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

30 - 40

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Physiotherapy

Teachers

  • Antti Alamäki

Teacher in charge

Maiju Issakainen

Groups

  • STFNS20
    Physiotherapist, Full-time Studies, Fall, 2020

Objective

-You are capable of performing comprehensive, evidence-based physiotherapeutic assessments related to the functional capacity of the upper and lower extremities.
-You can make clinical reasoning based on your findings.
-You can plan, implement, and evaluate evidence-based physiotherapeutic treatment for musculoskeletal symptoms related to the upper and lower extremities.
-You are able to carry out a comprehensive physiotherapy process with a client who has musculoskeletal dysfunction and/or pain.
-You can report the comprehensive physiotherapy process according to structured documentation principles.
-You are familiar with physical phenomena and their effects on the physiological and pathological processes of tissues.
-You know the applications of electrotherapy in musculoskeletal physiotherapy.

Content

-Examination and assessment of the functional capacity of the upper and lower extremities (according to the ICF framework).
-Clinical reasoning, making conclusions about the client's functional capacity, and forming a physiotherapeutic diagnosis.
-Application of pain management.
-Application of therapeutic exercise.
-Application of manual therapy methods.
-Planning, implementing, evaluating, and documenting a comprehensive physiotherapy process.
-Physical therapy: physical phenomena and their effects on tissues and pathological processes.
-Justifying the choice of electrotherapy, using devices: thermal treatments, ultrasound therapy, electrotherapy, and other therapy methods related to physical phenomena.

Evaluation scale

H-5