Advanced physiotherapy in supporting musculoskeletal functionsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You deepen your knowhow in biomechanics, pathophysiology and the healing processes of musculoskeletal disorders and their connections to movement and functioning.
You know the scientific background and bases of implementating the main concepts in musculoskeletal physiotherapy, and you are able to assess them based on evidence and clinical reasoning in order to promote the clients’ therapy processes.
You can compare extensively different physiotherapy methods and choose and justify the most appropriate ones for the clients' needs.
You can assess the effects of physiotherapy of clients suffering from musculoskeletal problems and refer them to further examinations or to other specialists, when needed.

Content

How do you identify severe pathological conditions by using differential diagnostics?
How do you examine and identify neurological and neuro-dynamic factors related to musculoskeletal disorders?
How do you examine and identify lower extremities’ function and problems?
How do you deepen and show your evidence-based knowhow of affecting the musculoskeletal disorders, such as muscle functions, movement, coordination and biomechanics?
How do you use scanning and technology in physiotherapy?
How do you deepen and show your evidence-based knowhow in treating vertebras, joints and soft tissues?
How do you plan and implement physiotherapy for clients with incontinence problems?
How do you describe different kinds of physiotherapy methods by using evidence-based knowledge?

Qualifications

Attending the course requires that the learning outcomes of the 1st and 2nd academic year studies have been achieved.

Materials

The course can be integrated with the courses of Clinical practice III, IV or V.

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
b. evaluate information sources critically.
c. work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
d. evaluate operations in client, user and target group situations.
e. choose appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose and justify these choices.
f. promote teams’ goal-oriented operation.
g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.