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
-
STFNS20Physiotherapist, 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