Estudia

1. Introduction to musculoskeletal assessment and treatment concepts. Lumbopelvic.

2. Lumbar Spine Mobilizations

3. SIJ Ax and Treatment/Functional Lines

4. DFL/SBL/SFL. Diaphragm down and lower limbs.

5. Lateral Line - Revision

6. Practical Exam 1

7. Cervical

8. Thoracic

9. Spiral Line/Scapulothoracic

10. DFL/SBL/SFL/LL. Diaphragm Up.

11. Summary/Revision

12. Practical Exam 2

13. Case Presentation

14. Theory Exam

• Elly Hengefeld and Kevin Banks (2013). Maitland's Vertebral Manipulation (8th Edition). Churchill Livingstone Publishers.
• Thomas W. Myers (2014). Anatomy Trains. Churchill Livingstone.
• Cesar Fernandez de la Peñas et al (2016). Manual Therapy for Musculoskeletal Pain Syndromes. Elselvier.
• Peggy Houglum (2016). Therapeutic Exercise for Musculoskeletal Injuries (4th Edition). Human Kinetics.

Assessment activities:

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.

Specific criteria for the "No show" grade:
A student who is not presented will be considered a student who does not appear in the continuous assessment or in the final assessment.

Single Assessment:
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 all practical exams will take place during final exam week.
Students are required to pass both the theory and practical exams with a minimum of 50% in each exam.

Minimum requirements to pass:
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.
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 the physiological and structural changes in posture and body scheme occuring as a result of the application of Physiotherapy.

- Knowing, designing and applying the different modalities and general intervention procedures in Physiotherapy.

- Knowing and executing different postural reeducation techniques related to muscle chain theories.

- 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.