Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy 2 (8cr)

Evaluation scale

1-5

Objective

The student is able to:

- Perform pre- and postoperative rehabilitation guidance in practice
- Name commonly used forms, tests and meters in physiotherapy of low back and lower limb
- Interpret the findings of physiotherapeutical examinations and use the findings as a base of physiotherapy process
- Implement physiotherapy process in practice
- Use research articles when planning and implementing physiotherapy process

Content

- Rehabilitation of the most common problems of low back and lower limb
- Interview (forms), examination (tests, meters, perception), therapeutic exercise
- Surgery, orthopedics, traumatology protocols
- Physical therapy process: Guidance and advice, pain treatment, therapeutic exercise, supports and moving aids, documentation
- Evidence based physiotherapy

Materials

Luomajoki, H. & al. 2020. Ammattilaisen kipukirja. VK-kustannus Oy.
Tarnanen, S. & Holopainen, R. 2022. Harjoittelu ja tule-terveys. VK-kustannus Oy.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1)

Student

- Knows passable how to use the most common forms, tests and meters in physiotherapy of low back and lower limb
- Knows passable how use manual therapy techniques, treatments of physical therapy and therapeutic exercise in physiotherapy process of low back and lower limb
- Can passable use research articles when planging and implementing physiotherapy process
- Knows passable how to perform pre- and postoperative rehabilitation guidance in practise

Assessment criteria, good (3)

Student

- Knows partially how to use the most common forms, tests and meters in physiotherapy of low back and lower limb
- Knows partially how use manual therapy techniques, treatments of physical therapy and therapeutic exercise in physiotherapy process of low back and lower limb
- Can partly use research articles when planging and implementing physiotherapy process
- Knows partially how to perform pre- and postoperative rehabilitation guidance in practice

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Student

- Knows how to use the most common forms, tests and meters in physiotherapy of low back and lower limb
- Knows how use manual therapy techniques, treatments of physical therapy and therapeutic exercise in physiotherapy process of low back and lower limb
- Can use research articles when planging and implementing physiotherapy process
- Knows how to perform pre- and postoperative rehabilitation guidance in practice