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About Study Course

Credit points / ECTS:5 / 7.5
Course supervisor:Dace Stirāne
Study type:Part time, Full time
Course level:Bachelor
Target audience:Medical Services; Rehabilitation
Language:Latvian
Branch of science:Clinical Medicine; Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation

Objective

To introduce students to the principles of physiotherapy for patients after injuries and orthopedic operations.
To acquire theoretical knowledge and practical skills for working with patients after orthopedic diseases, operations and injuries. To learn the skill of choosing and using the most appropriate physiotherapy technology for a specific patient.

Prerequisites

Anatomy, principles of physiotherapy, orthopaedics, sport pedagogics, internal diseases.

Learning outcomes

Knowledge

Student is able to describe the main principles and physio therapeutic approaches to the trauma and orthopedic patient treatment; is able to describe physiotherapy programs after joint replacement operations; is able to define the main physiotherapy principles in burn rehabilitation and after lower limb amputations; is able to explain how to choose and how to use the appropriate walking assistive device to the patient with specific orthopedic problem.

Skills

Student is able to choose and adapt to the orthopedic patient walking aids; is able to teach the patient how to load correctly the traumatic limb; is able to evaluate the functional ability of the patient – ROM, muscle strength, etc.; is able to gather the information about the patient for physiotherapy protocol; is able to choose and justify the use of the appropriate physio therapeutic technique in trauma and orthopedic patient rehabilitation.

Competence

Uses acquired theoretical knowledge and practical skills in working with patients after orthopedic diseases, operations and injuries.

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