COURSE UNIT TITLE

: NEUROLOGIC PHYSIOTHERAPY

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTR 3047 NEUROLOGIC PHYSIOTHERAPY COMPULSORY 2 2 0 4

Offered By

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR NURSEN ILÇIN

Offered to

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to learn the physiotherapy of neurological system diseases.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To know the definition of neurological physiotherapy, and the methods of assessment and treatment of neurological physiotherapy.
2   To know the etiology, prognosis and symptoms of the Multiple Sklerosis, Parkinson disease, central and peripheral nerve injuries and fascial paralysis.
3   To do appropriate physiotherapeutic assessment and to plan treatment program in Multiple Sklerosis, Parkinson disease, central and peripheral nerve injuries and fascial paralysis.
4   To know the etiology, prognosis and symptoms of the poliomyelitis, Gullian Barre and Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
5   To do appropriate physiotherapeutic assessment and to plan treatment program in
6   Knows and provides the safety of the environment and patients.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The definition of the Neurological Physiotherapy
2 Pathology, etiology, prognosis, medical treatment and symptomatic treatment of the Multiple Sclerosis
3 The principles and objectives of assessment and physiotherapy, the treatment methods in Multiple Sclerosis
4 The assessment, physiotherapeutic principles, objectives and treatment methods of Multiple Sclerosis
5 The etiology of Parkinson disease, the symptoms and assessment methods
6 Parkinson ve physiotherapy
7 Assessment in spinal cord injuries
8 Physiotherapy in spinal cord injuries
9 Physiotherapy in spinal cord injuries
10 The etiology, classification and prognosis of peripheral nerve injuries
11 The assessment and treatment of peripheral nerve injuries
12 The definition, assessment and physiotherapy of peripheral fascial nerve palsy
13 The definition, assessment and physiotherapy of poliomyelitis and Gullian Barre
14 The definition, assessment and physiotherapy of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Nöroloji ders kitabı
(Korkut Yaltkaya, Sevin Balkan, Yurttaş Oğuz)
2- Neurological Disabilities
(Susan E. Bennet, James L. Karnes)
3- Uygulamalı Fizik Tedavi ve Rehabilitasyon
(Z. Candan TÜREYEN)

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Conference

Assessment Methods

Successful / Unsuccessful

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 4 56
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14
Preparation for midterm exam 2 2 4
Preparation for final exam 1 2 2
Preparing presentations 14 1 14
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 2 2 4
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 96

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13
LO.11
LO.21
LO.311111
LO.41
LO.511111
LO.61