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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS FTR 6120 PHYSIOTHERAPY IN SPINAL PATHOLOGIES ELECTIVE 2 2 0 6

Offered By

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR BILGE KARA

Offered to

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

Develop and apply advanced physiotherapy assessment and treatment approaches in congenital and non congenital spinal pathologies.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know etiologies, symptoms of congenital and non congenital spinal pathologies 2   Know physiotherapy assessment of congenital and non congenital spinal pathologies 3   Know physiotherapy appliances in congenital and non congenital spinal pathologies

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 general overview 2 Functional anatomy of the servical spine: Upper servical spine, lower servical spine , kinematics of the servical spine and clinical instability 3 Functional anatomy of the lumbar spine and sacroiliac joint : Lomber vertebrae, facet joints, intervertebral disc, Muscles, ligaments, normal movement, innervations of the vertebral column Mechanical of lomber movement: coupled motion, Lumbopelvic Rhythm, sensorimotor control of the lumbar spine 4 Functional anatomy of the thorasic spine 5 Mechanical of the lumbar motion: Coupled Motion, Lumbopelvic Rhythm 6 Specifics clinical situations Lumbar disc disease: Disc degenerations, Disc herniations Non deformities of spinal stenosis: dejenerative lubar spondilolisthesis together stenosis 7 symptoms of spinal pathologies 8 Physiotherapy assessment methods in spinal pathologies 9 Problem spesific physiotherapy approaches in spinal pathologies 10 Klippel-Feil Sendromu, iskelet 11 Romatoid Artirit, Ankylosing Spondylitis 12 Romatoid Artirit, Ankylosing Spondylitis 13 reviews in literature 14 case examples 15 case examples

Recomended or Required Reading

Thomas N. Byrne, Edward C. Benzel and Stephen G. Waxman. Diseases of the Spine and Spinal Cord (Contemporary Neurology), (Jan 13, 2000)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Presentation

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

The course has 2 lecturers. Each week will be taught by the responsible faculty member on Tuesdays between 09:30 and 13:45 as 5 course hours. According to their individual credit load for 15 weeks total teaching period throughout the semester and teach the relevant subject.

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 15 2 30 Tutorials 14 2 28 Preparing assignments 5 5 25 Preparing presentations 5 5 25 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 4 52 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 160

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 PO.14 LO.1 5 5 5 LO.2 5 5 4 5 LO.3 5 5 4 5