Advanced physiotherapy for supporting musculoskeletal functionsLaajuus (5 cr)

Objective

You are able to consider and assess the impact of musculoskeletal disorders on an individual’s mobility and functional capacity, and you can identify the client’s specific needs in the rehabilitation process.
You are able to plan and guide individualized physiotherapy for a musculoskeletal rehabilitation client using evidence-based therapy methods that support functional capacity.
You are able to apply your expertise in musculoskeletal physiotherapy based on clinical reasoning and evaluate the effects of the client's physiotherapy process using reliable methods.

Content

How do you consider and assess the impact of musculoskeletal disorders on an individual’s mobility and functional capacity, and identify the client’s specific needs in the rehabilitation process?
How do you plan and guide individualized physiotherapy for a musculoskeletal rehabilitation client using evidence-based therapy methods that support functional capacity?
How do you apply your expertise in musculoskeletal physiotherapy based on clinical reasoning and evaluate the effects of the client’s physiotherapy process using reliable methods?

Qualifications

Basic knowledge of anatomy, exercise physiology, biomechanics, and the most common musculoskeletal disorders is required.
Familiarity with client interaction, basic movement observation, and the fundamentals of functional capacity assessment is recommended.

Evaluation

Graduation-level competence

Students can
a.use professional vocabulary and concepts in an expert way in different situations.
b. assess information sources critically.
c. work as team members in working life expert duties and identify and describe the problems of the professional field.
d. assess operations in customer/client, user and target groups situations.
e. choose and justify appropriate models, methods, software and techniques according to the purpose
g. apply critically the ethical principles of the professional field in different situations.