COURSE UNIT TITLE

: REHABILITATION OF THE SPINE

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FTO 5009 REHABILITATION OF THE SPINE ELECTIVE 2 0 0 4

Offered By

Orthopaedic Physiotherapy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR SELNUR NARIN

Offered to

Orthopaedic Physiotherapy

Course Objective

To give information to students about physiotherapy assesment and planning treatment programmes for spinal disorders

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of this course, student will be able to define the anatomy and biomechanics of the spine
2   At the end of this course, student will be able to perform physiotherapy for intervertebral disc herniations
3   At the end of this course, student will be able to perform physiotherapy for spinal deformities
4   At the end of this course, student will be able to perform rehabilitation techniques for spinal arthroplasties
5   At the end of this course, student will be able to perform rehabilitation techniques for spinal fractures

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Anatomy of the spine and biomechanical properties
2 Physiotherapy for intervertebral disc herniations
3 Physiotherapy for intervertebral disc herniations
4 Physiotherapy for spinal stenosis
5 Physiotherapy for postural pain syndromes
6 Physiotherapy for spondylolysis and spondylolisthesis
7 Physiotherapy for kyphosis and Scheuermann s kyphosis
8 General review
9 Physiotherapy for Scoliosis
10 Physiotherapy for Degenerative Spine and spondyloarthrosis
11 Physiotherapy for spinal arthroplasties
12 Physiotherapy for cervical spinal fractures
13 Physiotherapy for thoracic spinal fractures
14 Physiotherapy for lumbal spinal fractures
15 Physiotherapy for torticolis, cervical costa and klippel feil syndrome
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

1- Clinical Orthopaedics Rehabilitation, Brotzman SB
2- Geriatric Orthopaedic Rehabilitation, Goldstein T.
3- Casebook of orthopaedic rehabilitation. Ip D.
4- Treatment and rehabilitation of fractures. Hoppenfeld S
5- Spine care / Ed. A. H. White, J. A. Schaffer

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lectures
2. Preparation of presentation by students

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


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)

Tel: 24916
e-mail: selnur62@hotmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 2 28
Preparation before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for Mid-term Exam 1 4 4
Preparing Presentations 13 2 26
Preparation for Final Exam 1 6 6
Final 1 1 1
Mid-term 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 105

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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