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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type Of Course	D	U	L	ECTS
FTM 5084	ADVANCED THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE	ELECTIVE	3	2	0	8

Offered By

Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR NIHAL GELECEK

Offered to

Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy

Course Objective

To gain knowledge and ability to define description of therapeutic exercise, to understand the physiologic background and applications, creating updated superior therapeutic exercise programs using the critical thinking according to assessment outcomes, developing safe and effective therapeutic programs for the general population as well as individualized programs.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1	Undertsands concepts, physiologic mechanisms and recent applications concerning therapeutic exercise
2	Performs updated assessments in order to create therapeutic exercise program
3	Creates updated superior therapeutic exercise programs using the critical thinking according to assessment outcomes.
4	Developes and applies safe and effective therapeutic programs for the general population as well as individuals.
5	Synthesises the collected informations and performs verbal and visual presentations about his results.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week	Subject	Description
1	Basic concepts (Concepts of rehabilitation, concepts of healing, concepts of physics, physiological basics of therapeutic exercise)
2	Assessment
3	Therapeutic exercise parameters and techniques (Range of motion and flexibility)
4	Therapeutic exercise parameters and techniques (Muscle strength and endurance)
5	Therapeutic exercise parameters and techniques (Proprioception)
6	Therapeutic exercise parameters and techniques (Plyometric exercises)
7	Therapeutic exercise parameters and techniques (Functional exercises )
8	Therapeutic exercise parameters and techniques (Posture and body mechanics)
9	Therapeutic exercise parameters and techniques (Ambulation and ambulation aids)
10	Therapeutic exercise parameters and techniques (Aquatic therapeutic exercises)
11	Therapeutic exercise parameters and techniques (Swiss balls and foam rollers)
12	Specific applications (Trunk)
13	Specific applications (Upper extremity)
14	Specific applications (Lower extremity)

Recomended or Required Reading

Textbook(s): Peggy Houglum, David H. Perrin, Therapeutic Exercise for Musculoskeletal Injuries, Edition 2, 2005, ISBN-10: 0736051368,ISBN-13: 978-0736051361

Supplementary Book(s): Carolyn Kisner,Lynn Allen Colby, Therapeutic Exercise Foundations and Techniques 5th edition, 2007. ISBN:978-0-8036-1584-7

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Conferance, application, lab, problem based learning

Assessment Methods

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

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)

DEÜ, SPTR, DEPARTMENT OF MUSCULOSKELETAL PT

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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures	14	3	42
Preparation for final exam	1	8	8
Preparing assignments	1	8	8
Preparing presentations	14	3	42
Web Search and Library Research	14	2	28
Final	1	2	2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			200

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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

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Description of Individual Course Units

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Level of Course Unit

Course Coordinator

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Course Objective

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

Recomended Optional Programme Components

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Assessment Criteria

Language of Instruction

Course Policies and Rules

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Office Hours

Work Placement(s)

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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