Lesson plan / BASIC MEASUREMENT AND EVALUATION IN PHYSIOTHERAPY

Lesson Information

Course Credit 3.0
Course ECTS Credit 4.0
Teaching Language of Instruction Türkçe
Level of Course Bachelor's Degree, TYYÇ: Level 6, EQF-LLL: Level 6, QF-EHEA: First Cycle
Type of Course Compulsory
Mode of Delivery Face-to-face
Does the course require compulsory or optional work experience? Z
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Purpose and Content

The aim of the course The aim of this course is; to gain assessment competency with using objective methods during or before treatment or monitoring of the treatment success for physiotherapy patients.
Course Content This course covers the following topics: 'Measuring principles in physiotherapy and rehabilitation', 'Patient history and assessment methods', 'The basic principles of movement', 'Posture analysis', 'Shortening testing', Flexibility and evaluation', 'Anthropometric measurements', 'Evaluation of normal joint movement with the goniometer', 'Muscle strength and evaluation methods'.

Weekly Course Subjects

1Introduction, explanation of lesson objectives and functioning of patient history, the basic principles of the movement.
2Posture analysis (anterior and lateral posture analysis).
3Posterior postural analysis.
4Testing and evaluation of muscular shortness and flexibility.
5Anthropometric measurements; circumference and length measurements and diameter measurements of fat tissue.
6Normal range of motion assessment-I.
7Normal range of motion assessment-II.
8Normal range of motion assessment-III.
9Midterm.
10Muscle strength assessment-I.
11Muscle strength assessment-II.
12Muscle strength assessment-III.
13Muscle strength assessment-IV.
14General application repeat.

Resources

1. Otman AS, Köse N. Tedavi Hareketlerinde Temel Değerlendirme Prensipleri (4. baskı), Yücel Ofset Matbaacılık, Ankara, 2008.
2. Gross JM. Kas İskelet Sistemi Değerlendirmesi, İstanbul Tıp Kitabevi, İstanbul, 2018.
3. Norkin CC. White C. Measurement of Joint Motion: A Guide to Goniometry, F.A. Davis; 4th Revised edition, 2009.