Estudia a la UdG

• Comunicar-se de mode efectiu i clar
• Tenir la capacitat d'aprenentatge autònom
• Resoldre problemes
• Tenir capacitat de gestió d'informació
• Resoldre problemes complexos de forma efectiva en el camp de la Fisioteràpia.
• Treballar de forma autònoma amb responsabilitat i iniciativa.
• Adquirir l'experiència clínica adequada que proporcioni habilitats intel·lectuals i destreses tècniques i manuals; que facilitin la incorporació de valors ètics i professionals; i que desenvolupi la capacitat d'integració dels coneixements adquirits, de manera que, al final dels estudis, els estudiants sàpiguen aplicar-los tant a casos clínics concrets en el medi hospitalari i extrahospitalari, com a actuacions en l'atenció primària i comunitària.
• Dissenyar el pla d'intervenció en fisioteràpia, atenent a criteris d'adequació, validesa i eficiència.
• Executar, dirigir i coordinar el pla d'intervenció de Fisioteràpia, utilitzant les eines terapèutiques pròpies i atenent a la individualitat de l'usuari.

1. Introduction and theory of spinal manual therapy

2. Lumbar Spine

3. Sacro Iliac Joint

4. Cervical Spine

5. Thoracic Spine

6. Neurological Examination

7. Mulligan techniques

8. Maitland assessment and techniques

9. McKenzie assessment

10. Practical Exam

11. Theory exam

12. Critical thinking and clinical reasoning

13. Precautions and safety

• Elly Hengefeld and Kevin Banks (2013). Maitland's Vertebral Manipulation (8th Edition). Churchill Livingstone Publishers.
• Cesar Fernandez-De-las-Peñas et al. (2016). Manual Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes. Elsevier.
• Peggy Houglum (2016). Therapeutic Exercise for Musculoskeletal Injuries 4th Edition. Human Kinetics.

Activitats d'avaluació:

A minimum grade of 5.0 (50%) will be required to pass the subject.
Nonattendance: Class attendance is compulsory.
Students must attend 80% of the practical class time both live and virtually.
Exceptions will only be made for those students who can certify having been hospitalized on the given day, or due to a relative passing away.
Failure to comply with 80% practical class attendance will require students to sit the Basic Competencies Exam (BCE).
Note: Late arrivals and early leavers will be documented, and count towards attendance.

Students are required to pass both the theory and practical exams with a minimum of 50% in each exam.

If a student fails either the practical or theory exam, they will be required to attend BCE for that component and will receive a maximum grade of 5.0 overall.

Please note that students opting to take the special evaluation must notify their decision to the lecturer during the first two weeks of the semester.

Criteris específics de la nota «No Presentat»:
Students not having attended neither practical lectures nor the final exam will be considered as "No Presentado".

Avaluació única:
The evaluation system in EUSES - UdG is based, in general, in the continuous assessment. If the student wishes to take part in the unique pathway, he/she will need to request it in writing to the lecturer of the subject and the degree coordinator during the first two weeks of the Semester.
For the Unique evaluation students - both theory and practical exams will take place during final exam week 2022.
Students are required to pass both the theory and practical exams with a minimum of 50% in each exam.

Requisits mínims per aprovar:
A minimum grade of 5.0 (50%) will be required to pass the subject.

Students are required to pass both the theory and practical exams with a minimum of 50% in each exam.

If a student fails either the practical or theory exam, they will be required to attend BCE for that component and will receive a maximum grade of 5.0 overall.

The lecturer will be available for mentoring upon previous request by email.
In person tutorial: Monday (14:00-15:00).
The tutorials will be carried out in person in enabled classrooms, and also virtually.

Communication and interaction with the students will be done in person and virtually throughout the forum of Moodle, video-conferencing means and email.

Neither rings nor bracelets are allowed during classes or exams. Students must wear their student uniforms during exams.


Learning outcomes:

- Understanding and performing specific methods and techniques related to the locomotor system (including manual therapies, joint manipulative therapies, osteopathy and chiropractic) and to alterations of statics and dynamics.
- Knowing specific methods and techniques that take into account the implications of reflex therapeutic techniques, as well as other alternative and/or complementary methods and techniques.
- Knowing and applying the guidelines for good clinical practice.