Unit Code: PHT732
Unit Name: Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy I
Description: The course will provide students with the knowledge, clinical reasoning and practical skills to manage clients with musculoskeletal pathologies. The course uses lectures, practical classes, problem-based learning cases and course reading materials to deliver content . Themes addressed in this course include common musculoskeletal pathologies (including osteoarthritis, muscle disorders, ligamentous disruption, articular impingement and tendinopathy); the clinical reasoning process in assessment and diagnosis, physiotherapy treatment options, rationales and treatment selection. Generic information, including biomechanical analyses of static and dynamic postures, joint examination, ligamentous stress tests, muscle testing and motor control will be covered for musculoskeletal disorders. Students will develop the communication and practical skills needed to safely and competently assess and treat clients with musculoskeletal disorders, to predict and evaluate outcomes and to develop programs for promotion of good musculoskeletal health prevention.
Learning Target Outcomes: On successful completion of this course, the students will be able to: 1. Effectively and efficiently conduct and record an assessment of a musculoskeletal case study and explain the clinical significance of the results to confirm/negate your diagnostic hypotheses. 2. Discuss common musculoskeletal pathologies. 3. Select appropriate management strategies and the best evidence of practice to appropriately manage patients with acute and chronic musculoskeletal problems in a simulated setting. 4. Manage patients with acute and chronic musculoskeletal problems in a simulated setting. 5. Develop and promote measures in prevention and management of musculoskeletal problems. 6. Demonstrate appropriate professional standards of practice in all areas of musculoskeletal physiotherapy treatment and management.
Prerequisite: PHT510, PHT511, PHT515, PHT520 & PHT624
Prerequisite Sentence: N/A
Credit Point: 15
Offered In: Semester 1