COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES IN PHYSIOTHERAPY II

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTR 6114 THERAPEUTIC APPROACHES IN PHYSIOTHERAPY II ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR MERIÇ YILDIRIM

Offered to

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

Student completing this course gains knowledge and practise in treatment approaches (hydrotherapy, aquatherapy, therapatic electrical stimulation, etc.) in patients with different diseases (musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary and neurolojic diseases ). Student gains knowledge in discussion, clinical decision making, and planning in terms of physiotherapy in different diseases.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Knows and practice hydrotherapy methods.
2   Knows aquatherapy.
3   Knows and practice joint mobilisation principles.
4   Knows and practice neuromuscular electrical stimulation methods.
5   Knows and practice deep friction massage, connective tissue massage and classic massage.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction and definition of the course.
2 Definition of hydrotherapy, mechanical properties of water, general principles, biophysical effects of water - biophysical effects of the water
3 Current approaches in hydrotherapy.
4 Current approaches in aquatherapy.
5 Direct currents and current approaches.
6 TENS and current approaches.
7 Electrical stimulation (ES, NMES, HVES, Russian current)
8 US and current approaches
9 LASER and current approaches (LLET and HELT)
10 ESWT and current approaches
11 Middle frequency currents and current approaches
12 Electrotherapy in burn and wound healing.
13 EMG Biofeedback
14 Determination of homework topics, general discussion

Recomended or Required Reading

1-Cardiopulmonary physiotherapy. Jones M, Maffatt F, BIOS Sci. Pub. Lt., Oxford, 2002.
2- Physıotherapy For Respıratory And Cardıac Problems. Weber Ba, Pryor Ja. 1993.
3- Clınıcal Orthopaedıcs Rehabılıtatıon. Brotzman SB, 1999.
4. Physiotherapy in respiratory care. Hough A. Chapman and Hall, Glos, 1996.
5- Krusen s Handbook Of Physıcal Medıcıne And Rehabılıtatıon Kattlee Fj, Smıllwell Gk, Lehmann Jf. 1982.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Conference
2. Laboratory Work
3. Field Work
4. Problem-based learning

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRF * 0.40 + FIN*0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) PRF * 0.40 + FCGR*0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Tutorials 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 3 42
Preparing assignments 5 5 25
Preparing presentations 5 5 25
Preparation for final exam 1 5 5
Final 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 154

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.15543
LO.25543
LO.35543
LO.45543
LO.55543

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