UCL - Manual therapy (1st part)

[KINE2171]

[22.5h + 30h] 6 credits

Teacher(s): Francis Detongre

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

At the end of the course the successful student will be able to make a critical selection of a treatment approach among the different techniques of manual therapy. This course is the continuum of classical techniques and provides the theoretical and practical competencies that determine the intervention of the physical therapist in patients of different age groups and focused on pathologies of the musculo-skeletal system. The tests and examinations employ a hollistic view of the patient and tend to identify the regions of restricted mobility and chronic inflammation, as well as compensations above and below the lesion level that perturb the general equilibrium. This multidimensional approach uses differential techniques, depending on whether they tend to enhance articular mobility, harmonisation of different muscle groups, tissue mobility or drainage.

Main themes

The topics addressed within this course are:
- Anatomy, biomechanics and physiology of the following body regions: lower limbs, pelvis, lumbar spine, dorsal spine, rib cage;
- The interaction of these body regions with other regions and organs;
- Tests and examinations of mobility restriction and differential techniques of mobility restoration (osteo-articular techniques, muscle chains, reflex points).

Content and teaching methods

Materials will be developed in this course are:
- Study of the anatomy, biomechanics and physiology of the Regions
follows: lower limbs, pelvic girdle, lumbar spine,
dorsal column, rib grill, in the form of theoretical
- Their interaction with other regions and systems, in the form of
THEORETICAL
- Tests and examinations of objectification of the restriction of mobility and
different techniques to recover mobility (technical
osteo-articular, chains musculi., hooking, reflex points) in the
form of practical

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Pre-requisite : Manual therapy and specific techniques of physical therapy
Evaluation : Written and/or oral exam
Support : Syllabus and reference books
Supervision : Titular professor