Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
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2500892 Physiotherapy | OB | 3 | 1 |
Have basic knowledge of anatomy and physiology of the nervous system to interpret diseases and how to approach them therapeutically.
This course aims to convey theoretical knowledge and practical skills to students, so they can perform evaluations and treatments based on scientific evidence in the field of neurological physiotherapy.
The knowledge of this area of physiotherapy is essential within the profile of the degree and the profession, because the increase in the incidence of vascular and neurodegenerative pathologies makes the number of people who are subsidiaries of this specialty more and more important
1. Principles of neurological physiotherapy (Leticia Gómez)
The Neurological patient:
1.1 Systematization of the exploration and evaluation of the neurological patient.
1.2 Motor control and postural tone.
1.3 Therapeutic approach to spasticity.
2. Applied therapies in neurological physiotherapy
2.1 Bobath’s Concept (Yolanda Moreno, Eva Santacreu)
2.2 Cognitive therapeutic exercise (Leticia Gómez)
2.3 Other therapeutic methods applied in neurological physiotherapy (Eva Santacreu, Georgina Martínez, Leticia Gómez)
3. Physiotherapy approach in neurological pathologies
3.1 Acquired brain damage (Leticia Gómez, Georgina Martínez)
3.2 Spinal cord injury (Mireia Bou Corominas)
3.3 Parkinson (Leticia Gómez)
3.4 Multiple sclerosis (Leticia Gómez)
4. Neurological march (Mireia Bou Corominas)
5. Support products in Neurology (Georgina Martínez)
Teaching involves both theoretical and practical classes.
Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Type: Directed | |||
LABORATORY PRACTICES (LABP) | 12 | 0.48 | 2, 1, 6, 11, 12 |
THEORY (TE) | 18 | 0.72 | 2, 4, 3, 5, 6, 10, 12 |
Type: Autonomous | |||
PREPARATION OF WRITTEN WORKS | 28 | 1.12 | 1, 5, 10, 11, 9, 12, 13 |
SELF-STUDY | 83.5 | 3.34 | 1, 5, 8, 7, 12 |
Description of evaluation system
Written evaluation via objective quizzes: multiple-choice and short answer tests (final exam: 50% of the final grade)
Questions type test, 25 questions with 4 possible answers, only one is correct. The correct answers will be worth 0.3 points and each wrong answer will subtract 0.1 points (7.50 points). 5 Short answer questions that will be 0.50 points each correct answer (2.50 points). Minimum grade of 5 is needed to pass the final exam.
Practical evaluation through objective and structured clinical evaluation and simulations:
- Practical exam 15% of the final grade.
- A practical exercise will be carried out in small groups 10% of the final grade.
Clinical reasoning and hand skill in the application of different techniques will be valued.
Written evaluation via objective tests: applied case test (clinical case submission: 20% of the final grade)
Clinical case (20% of the final grade). At the beginning of the course the methodology and presentation day of the clinical case will be provided. The clinical case will be completed in student groups.
Attendance to and participation in the practical seminars (which will include a group exercise that will be part of the practical evaluation) will account for 5% of the final grade.
The evaluation of active participation in the practical seminars will be continuous. All participants will have to sign in for each attended seminar. Attendance to the practical seminars is mandatory and non-attendance will be penalized proportionally to the missing classes on the final grade of the practical seminars.
Students will have the right to request proof of attendance for each of the attended course activities.
The programming of evaluation activities will follow university schedules.
All course sections have to be completed to obtain a final grade. Students who do not to takethe final or practical exam, present theclinical case and/or do not attend 50% of the practical seminars will not be graded.
Test revisions will follow current regulations at the UAB and can be individually requested via written application in the established terms.
Students who fail the course can take a second objective quiz consisting of a multiple-choice test. The maximum grade those students (repeaters) will be able to achieve for the course will be a “pass” (5 score).
To participate in the second quiz repeaters must have been previously evaluated in a set of activities which scores should account for at least two thirds of the full grade for the course.
Repeaters can request to withdraw the clinical case, in which case the course rubric will be as follows: final exam (70% of the final grade), practical evaluation (15% practical exam + 10% practical exercise will be carried in one of the practical seminars) and attendance to practical seminars and active participation (5% of the final grade).
Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
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Attendance and active participation in class and in seminars | 5% | 0 | 0 | 2, 1, 6, 10, 11, 9, 12 |
Practical evaluation : Objective, structured clinical evaluation and simulation | 25% | 2 | 0.08 | 2, 1, 7, 6, 10, 11, 9, 12 |
Written evaluation: objective multiple-choice questions | 50% | 2 | 0.08 | 4, 3, 5, 8, 7, 6, 10, 9, 12 |
Written evaluation:objective tests | 20% | 4.5 | 0.18 | 4, 3, 5, 8, 7, 6, 11, 9, 12, 13 |
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