COURSE UNIT TITLE

: STROKE AND PLYSIOTHERAPY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTN 5076 STROKE AND PLYSIOTHERAPY ELECTIVE 3 2 0 8

Offered By

Neurological Physiotherapy- Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR ARZU GENÇ

Offered to

Neurological Physiotherapy- Rehabilitation

Course Objective

Understand the etiology and pathology, study illness symptoms and secondary problems which may occur, identify problem based evaluation and treatment principles in stroke.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Know stroke etiology, risk factors and pathophysiology
2   Know the symptoms of stroke and the problems may occur
3   Know the assessment methods of stroke physiotherapy
4   Know the treatment methods of stroke physiotherapy
5   Knows and provides the safety of the patients and environment

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Epidemiology of stroke, pathophysiology, neuroimagining and management of acute stroke
2 Cerebralstroke syndromes, the mechanisms and neurophysiology of recovery from stroke
3 Aphasia, apraxia of speech, and dysartria, dysphagia and their treatment
4 Right hemispheric neurobehavioral syndromes, memory, executive function and dementia and their treatment
5 Post- stroke pain, visual, oculomotor , and vestibular deficits and their treatment
6 Physiological basis of rehabilitation therapeutics in stroke, patterns of locomotor recovery after stroke
7 Task-oriented training and neuromuscular electrical stimülation for motor restoration in hemiplegia
8 Walking and balance recovery and rehabilitation after stroke Trunk rehabilitation after stroke
9 The somotosensorial stimulation in rehabilitation
10 Physiology and management of spasticity after stroke usculoskeletal, depresssion, malnutrition, bladder, and bowel complications and their management after stroke complications
11 Musculoskeletal complications and trealtment after stroke usculoskeletal, depresssion, malnutrition, bladder, and bowel complications and their management after stroke complications
12 Depresssion, malnutrition, bladder, and bowel complications and their management after stroke complications Prevention of the deconditioning after stroke
13 Technological aids for motor recovery (virtual reality, exoskeleton, brain-machine interfaces combined with robotics, wearable robotic gloves etc.)
14 Orthotic treatment, alternative and complementary treatments.

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Gillen G.Stroke Rehabilitation: A Function-Based Approach (Hardcover)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessments involve presentations

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 PRF PERFORMANCE
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRF


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

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Assessments involve presentations

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 3 42
Tutorials 14 2 28
Student Presentations 14 3 42
Case study 14 2 28
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 10 2 20
Project Preparation 2 6 12
Preparing assignments 14 2 28
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.111
LO.211
LO.31
LO.4111111
LO.511