Supporting musculoskeletal functions (10cr)

Objective

You can describe the effects of functional disorders and diseases of musculoskeletal system and their effects on an individual’s mobility and functional capacity. You can reliably examine and analyze functional capacity and disabilities of musculoskeletal system, especially movement ability. You can evaluate and make conclusions of functional capacity and common disorders of musculoskeletal system based on clinical reasoning and physiotherapeutic differential diagnosis. You are familiar with the criteria of the pharmacology and pathophysiology of musculoskeletal system in physiotherapy. You know the basics and therapeutic impacts of mobilization, stabilization and physical therapy in musculoskeletal disorders. You can design client-specific, progressively proceeding musculoskeletal physiotherapy in cooperation with your client and justify your solutions based on evidence. You can assess and evaluate the effectiveness of musculoskeletal physiotherapy based on evidence. You can compare national and international practices of musculoskeletal physiotherapy.

Content

How do you describe the idea of functional capacity of musculoskeletal system? How do you examine functional capacity and identify disorders of musculoskeletal system? How do you use medical and pharmacological knowledge in musculoskeletal physiotherapy? How do you use pathophysiology and exercise physiology and biomechanics when planning and implementing musculoskeletal physiotherapy? How do you apply individually evidence based knowledge in musculoskeletal physiotherapy planning? How do you evaluate the need of assistive devices in order to support a client´s musculoskeletal functions in her own life environment? How do you support your client´s participation and create therapeutic interaction with her?

Qualifications

Evaluating functional capacity Physiotherapy interventions I and II

Assessment criteria, good (3)

a – g (entry level know-how and skills).