Pain physiologyLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

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

You can evaluate pain diagnosing a patient.

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

Content

How does different mechanisms of pain act in musculosceletal disorders?

How can you act as a part of multiprofessional pain care?

How is pain and the lines of pain treatment classified internationally?

Evaluation

Student is able to:
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
c. identify interrelated tasks.
d. work together with customers, users and target groups.
e. use the key models, methods, software and techniques of the professional field.
f. work as team members in a goal-oriented way.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.

Qualifications

Basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology and neuroanatomy is required