| CODE | PHT1067 | ||||||||||||||||
| TITLE | Living Anatomy for Physiotherapists | ||||||||||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 3 | ||||||||||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Physiotherapy | ||||||||||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The study-unit introduces the student to the application of anatomy from text book to body. Students will be required to locate anatomical landmarks on each other through careful and meaningful palpation. The study-unit is a year long with the intention to cover the upper part of the body in the first semester and the lower part of the body in the second semester. Study-unit Aims: The aim of this study-unit is for students to integrate the knowledge acquired from the didactic anatomy lectures into more meaningful and problem based real-life examples. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Locate anatomical landmarks; - Locate the attachments of tendons and ligaments; - Explain the courses of important blood vessels and nerves; - Identify dermatomes; - Identify myotomes; - Apply the knowledge of anatomy to the discovery and analysis of movement. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Palpate bones, muscles, tendons and ligaments; - Accurately mark the location of the muscles, tendons and ligaments; - Accurately outline the distribution of dermatomes; - Accurately place myotomes in action; - Discuss the actions of muscles in simple and complex movements (including early simple biomechanical analysis). Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: MAIN TEXT - KENDALL, F., MCCREARY, E., PROVANCE, P., RODGERS, M. and ROMANI, W., 2005. Muscles: Testing and function, with posture and pain: Includes a bonus primal anatomy. Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 5, pp. 158. SUPPLEMENTARY READINGS - BUTLER, D.S., MATHESON, J. and BOYACI, A., 2000. The sensitive nervous system. Noigroup publications Adelaide, Australia. - BUTLER, D.S., MOSELEY, G.L. and SUNYATA, 2003. Explain pain. Noigroup Publications Australia. - CLELAND, J., 2005. Orthopaedic clinical examination: an evidence-based approach for physical therapists. WB Saunders Co. - CLELAND, J., KOPPENHAVER, S. and SU, J., 2015. Netter's orthopaedic clinical examination: An evidence-based approach. Elsevier Health Sciences. - COOK, G., 2010. Movement: Functional movement systems: screening, assessment, corrective strategies. On Target Publications. - HENGEVELD, E. and BANKS, K., 2005. Maitland's peripheral manipulation. Elsevier/Butterworth Heinemann. - HONG, Y and BARTLET, R. (eds) 2008. Routledge Handbook of Biomechanics and Human Movement Science. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Group Learning, Independent Study & Practicum | ||||||||||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Tonio P. Agius |
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The availability of optional units may be subject to timetabling constraints. Units not attracting a sufficient number of registrations may be withdrawn without notice. It should be noted that all the information in the description above applies to study-units available during the academic year 2023/4. It may be subject to change in subsequent years. |
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