COURSE UNIT TITLE

: PHYSIOTHERAPY IN SPINAL PATHOLOGIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTR 6101 PHYSIOTHERAPY IN SPINAL PATHOLOGIES ELECTIVE 1 2 0 6

Offered By

Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR NURSEN ILÇIN

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 Spinal anatomy
2 Spinal Biomechanics
3 Spinal Etiology
4 spinal pathologies
5 Pathophysiology of spinal pathologies
6 symptoms of spinal pathologies
7 Physiotherapy assessment methods in spinal pathologies
8 Problem spesific physiotherapy approaches in spinal pathologies

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 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE PRF

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 1 14
Tutorials 14 2 28
Case study 4 1 4
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 4 56
Preparing assignments 5 5 25
Preparing presentations 5 5 25
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 152

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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