Supporting the activities of central and peripheral nervous system (5 cr)
Code: FT00DK83-3001
General information
Enrollment
16.12.2019 - 10.01.2020
Timing
01.01.2020 - 31.05.2020
Number of ECTS credits allocated
5 op
Virtual portion
1 op
Mode of delivery
80 % Contact teaching, 20 % Distance learning
Unit
Department of Sports and Rehabilitation
Campus
Savonlinna Campus
Teaching languages
- Finnish
Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Physiotherapy
Teachers
- Elina Päykkönen
Teacher in charge
Elina Päykkönen
Groups
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FTSA19KPPhysiotherapy, full-time studies
Objective
You are familiar with the criteria of the pathophysiology and pharmacology of the central and peripheral nervous system disorders and diseases.
You can describe the effects of functional disorders and diseases of the central and peripheral nervous system and their effects on an individual’s movement and functional ability.
You are familiar with the rehabilitation mechanisms and their effects on neurological physiotherapy.
You can use appropriate functional measurements to evaluate the need for physiotherapy.
You can use and justify the main impacts of neurological physiotherapy taking the individual’s resources and the environmental challenges into account.
Content
How do you take into account the pathophysiology of the central and peripheral nervous system in physiotherapy?
How do you use medical and pharmacological knowledge to support neurological physiotherapy?
How do you evaluate the customer’s functional capacity and participation, and coping in her/his everyday life and changes in their mental resources?
How do you assess the need of the assistive devices and how do you control their use?
How do you use evidence-based methods of physiotherapy to support functional capacity?
Evaluation scale
1-5
Qualifications
Attending the course requires that learning outcomes of semesters I-III have been reached.