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Aug 14, 2024
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PT 254 - Therapeutic Principles for Neuromuscular Pathologies Credits: 3 Semesters Offered: Spring Campus/Sites Offered: Charleston Offering Note: No additional information available.
Description Introduction to the therapeutic principles used in the treatment of patients with neuromuscular pathologies.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Define the terms used in the study of kinesiology and biomechanics.
- Define the terms used to describe the anatomical position and the movement of body parts from this position.
- Identify the major surface and body landmarks of the bony.
- Discuss the importance of the proper use of palpation techniques when identifying superficial and deep structures of the musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems.
- Discuss the importance of stabilization techniques, muscle actions and the effects of internal and external forces on the vertebral column and selected joins of the body.
- Describe the physiological processes involved in muscle contraction.
- Define and discuss the significance of length-tension and force-velocity relationship in muscle contraction.
- Identify the specific joint types of the trunk and extremities.
- Identify the individual and groups of muscles and their attachments responsible for specific movements of the trunk and extremities.
- Identify the major structures of the typical synovial joint and discuss their functions in normal movement.
- Describe the laws of motion, principles of force, equilibrium and balance, and classification of levels and how these principles affect normal motion.
- Analyze the basic motions of the neck, trunk and extremity joints and describe the internal and external forces producing and/or affecting those motions.
- Distinguish between physiological and accessory joint movements.
- Define joint play in selected joints and describe the normal end feels.
- State the concave/convex and convex/concave rules and describe their use in the treatment of selected joint pathologies.
- Define open and close chain activities.
- Define and give examples of force couples found in the musculoskeletal system.
- Identify the various types of power and precision grasps.
- Identify the components of a basic research project.
Prerequisite: PT 225 and PT 226 and PT 238 and PT 240 and PT 244 and PT 250 and PT 251 Corequisite: None Graded: Letter Grade
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