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Pain physiology and pharmacologyLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: NA00FC28

Credits

5 op

Teaching language

  • Finnish

Responsible person

  • Marja Turkki

Objective

You learn different mechanisms of pain in different structures of the body.

You can evaluate pain in diagnosing a patient.

You know how pain can be treated generally, and in manual therapy.

You know the most common medical treatment practices for basic diseases, medicines and their mechanisms of action.

You know the most common medical treatment practices for musculoskeletal diseases, medicines and their mechanisms of action.

You know the most common analgesis and their mechanisms of action.
You know the most common pain treatment methods.

Content

How does the sensation of pain develop?

How is pain classified?

How can pain be alleviated?

What are non-medicated pain treatments?

How do different medicines work?