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Year 2 Physiotherapy.
Coordinator: Ms G Webb.
Contact: Three hours of practical classes a week; a 1 hour clinical session a week.
Timetable: Double semester.
Objectives:
This subject is taught in conjunction with the subject Theory of Physiotherapy Practice. On completion of this subject, students should:Comprehend: The importance of effective communication and interpersonal skills in physiotherapy practice; the aetiology, pathology, physiotherapy and medical management of major soft tissue injuries; the normal determinants of gait and how they are measured; the principles of the theory and practice of motor skill learning and its application to the retraining of movement; the principles involved in assessment procedures and problem solving processes as applied to clinical decision making; the principles involved in exercise prescription; the principles involved in mobilising techniques; the principles involved in basic neurological treatment; the principles of basic cardiothoracic treatment.
Have Developed: An ability to obtain and interpret appropriate assessment details following subjective and objective assessment, and to record these findings; an ability to problem solve in assessment and treatment selection; an ability to analyse posture and movement, both normal and abnormal; satisfactory skills in patient handling, positioning and transfers; skills in the selection and performance of appropriate techniques to mobilise joints and soft tissue structures; skills in the selection, performance and prescription of exercises including strengthening, mobilising, postural and movement re-education; skills in the assessment, measurement and treatment techniques for the management of balance and co-ordination problems; skills in the observation, analysis and treatment techniques of gait disorders; an ability to apply slings, bandages, tape, plasters and a variety of orthotics; skills in the observation of normal breathing patterns; skills in proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation techniques; skills in the safe lifting and transferring of patients.
Appreciate: The need to apply scientific attitudes of inquiry and critical analysis to physiotherapy techniques and practices; the need for objective measurement and its analysis and interpretation.
Content:
Continuation of the first year Physiotherapy Principles and Practice.
Assessment:
First and second semester: continuous class assessment of skills (40 per cent). Second semester: 2 x 30 minute practical examinations (60 per cent).Assessment procedures: Specifically related to soft tissue injuries of peripheral and vertebral joints. Problem solving, subjective and objective assessments, recording, measurement of peripheral and vertebral joints; gait training and re-education; the measurement and use of gait aids, transfers and activities of daily living, observation and analysis of gait deficits, gait re-education and measurement systems. Balance and co-ordination: assessment and measurement of balance reactions, co-ordination and sensation, treatment techniques; exercise prescription: individual and class work. The application of bio-mechanical principles and motor skill learning to exercise. Rehabilitation including the use of selected apparatus, hydrotherapy and isokinetics; mobilising techniques: an introduction to the selection and application of a variety of mobilising techniques, including physiological and accessory passive movements for peripheral and vertebral joints, stretching techniques, active and passive, massage, active exercise; bandaging: theory and application of slings, bandages, tape; indications; plaster making; theory and application of selected orthotics for upper and lower limbs; introduction to proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation techniques; introduction to breathing exercises and postural drainage.
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Handbook 1996 : Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences (Volume 4 page 145)
Status: Official 1996 Date created: Oct 9 1995 Last modified: Oct 9 1995 Authorised by: Academic Registrar Email enquiries: Course_Information@registrar.unimelb.edu.au
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