Study Guide

Objective

The student is able to:

- Identify bony landmarks and superficial muscles with palpation
- Identify joints by palpation, knows movement scales and understands functions of superficial muscles
- Understand basics of joint movement measuring and muscle testing
- Can perform joint movement measuring by different meters and muscle testing in practice
- Understand basics of walking biomechanics and identify walking phases

Content

- Palpation of bony areas and joint movement measuring
- Muscle palpation and muscle testing
- Biomechanics of walking

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Student

- Can passable identify bony landmarks, superficial muscles and joints by palpation
- Knows passable joint movement scales and understands basics of joint movement measuring.
- Can passable perform joint movement measuring by different meters
- Understand passable functions of superficials muscles and basics of muscle testing
- Can passable perform muscle testing in practice
- Understand passable basics of walking biomechanics and can identify walking phases

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Student

- Can partly identify bony landmarks, superficial muscles and joints by palpation
- Knows partially joint movement scales and understands basics of joint movement measuring.
- Can partly perform joint movement measuring by different meters
- Understand partially functions of superficials muscles and basics of muscle testing
- Can partly perform muscle testing in practice
- Understand partially basics of walking biomechanics and can identify walking phases

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student

- Can identify bony landmarks, superficial muscles and joints by palpation
- Knows joint movement scales and understands basics of joint movement measuring.
- Can perform joint movement measuring by different meters
- Understand functions of superficials muscles and basics of muscle testing
- Can perform muscle testing in practice
- Understand basics of walking biomechanics and can identify walking phases

Materials

Sandstöm, M. 2011. Liikkuva ihminen : aivot, liikuntafysiologia ja sovellettu biomekaniikka. VK-kustannus Oy.

Palmer, M.L. & Epler, M.E. 1998. Fundamentals of musculoskeletal assessment techniques. Lippincott cop. 1998. 2nd ed.