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3.00 Credits
Description: An in-depth study of gross anatomy with an emphasis on muscular, skeletal, neural, and vascular structures and systems. Course content will pay particular attention to functional anatomy of the appendages and their associated girdles, the back, and the head and neck. Lecture and classroom discussions are combined with cadaver dissections to provide a thorough and clinically relevant knowledge base for subsequent diagnostic and treatment-centered courses. Prerequisites: Credit Hours: 4 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: A comprehensive study of human movement with an emphasis on biomechanical and kinesiological concepts of normal and pathological movement of each body region. The course will include lecture and laboratory components that will integrate fundamental mechanical and kinesiological principles in the analysis of joint motion throughout the body. The course builds on anatomical knowledge to give students an in-depth appreciation of how normal and abnormal structure of the body influence movement. Prerequisites: Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course provides students with an overview of current theoretical and applied perspectives in the field of motor control and learning and discusses their implications for physical therapy. The course will primarily be focused at the behavioral level of analysis and thus will complement the neurophysiological approach taken in PT 450. A major emphasis in this course will be to compare and contrast the theoretical approaches of information processing and dynamic systems in the understanding of both normal and pathological human motor behavior. Implications for the treatment of patients stemming from both approaches will be examined. This analysis will allow students to constructively criticize current assumptions underlying motor control for neurological rehabilitation and to understand how theoretical frameworks bias evaluation and treatment options. Given a theoretical understanding of past and current approaches to motor control and learning, students will be able to flexibly design their own patient treatment approaches. Prerequisites: PT411 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course is designed to introduce students to the assessment and treatment techniques integral to the practice of physical therapy. This course is the first of a three-part series designed to teach the appropriate selection and use of devices and techniques that all physical therapists should be capable of using. The aim of this course is for the student to safely apply the skills learned in this course to patients during the first clinical education placement at the end of year four. This course is divided into two parts. Part One is devoted to learning proper body mechanics, safety procedures, patient approach, and therapeutic massage techniques. Part Two is devoted to goniometry, manual muscle testing, quadrant scanning, and therapeutic exercise of the trunk and extremities. Prerequisites: Instructor's permission Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: Therapeutic Skills II is devoted to learning the proper and safe movement of patients between surfaces, including body mechanics, bed mobility, and transfer training. The students will also be introduced to vital signs assessment and the selection and use of devices and techniques related to gait training. Prerequisites: PT415 Credit Hours: 1 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course is designed to introduce the students to the scientific and clinical principles involved in the use of physical agents (modalities) in patient assessment and treatment. The course focuses on thermal, light, sound, electrophysiological, and mechanical agents used by physical therapists to treat patients, and explores the physics, physiology, and clinical aspects of commonly used modalities. The lab part of the course is designed to introduce the students to the use of therapeutic modalities in patient treatment and to allow them to practice application of modalities introduced in lecture. The aim of this course is for the student to understand the indications and contraindications of thermal, sound, and mechanical modalities and to acquire the skills to be able to safely apply them to patients during the first clinical placement. Prerequisites: Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This is the second part of a two part lab series that builds on content acquired in PT 417. This course focuses on the practice of electrical stimulation and biofeedback used by physical therapists in the treatment of patients. The aim of this course is for the student to understand the indications and contraindications of these modalities and to acquire the skills to be able to safely apply them to patients during the first clinical placement. Prerequisites: PT417 Credit Hours: 1 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course, the first in a two-course sequence, presents the relationship of structure and function to the development of movement skills across the entire life span. Normal physical development and normal movement of an individual is described from the time of conception through old age with emphasis on children under five years and adults over sixty-five years. Students will be introduced to movement disorders that are characteristic of specific age stages. This course is taught from a life span perspective in which social, psychological, and physical factors all interact to influence function. Prerequisites: PT410 AND PT411 AND PT415 AND PT417 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: This course examines human physiologic responses to physical activity. The first three units of the course address acute responses to physical activity, with a focus on metabolic, muscular, cardiovascular, and neuroendocrine homeostatic control mechanisms, as well as the influence of environmental factors on acute responses. The final unit of the course involves a discussion of factors that contribute to fatigue, and examines the evidence regarding adaptations to chronic physical activity and exercise. Students will learn how the principles of frequency, intensity, duration, specificity, and reversibility affect the benefits of physical activity for health and human performance. In addition, performance benefits attributable to the use of ergogenic aids will be discussed. Prerequisites: SC121 AND SC122 AND SC291 Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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3.00 Credits
Description: The purpose of this three-credit experiential course is to guide the student in the attainment of attitudes, behaviors, and values appropriate to a healthcare practitioner. Through an examination of physical therapy as a profession, students will identify the changing and emerging roles of the physical therapist in the current healthcare environment. Students will be introduced to professional ethics, practice expectations, laws and regulations that define and limit the scope of physical therapy practice. Effective verbal and written communication skills will be emphasized, using issues relevant to physical therapy as vehicles for the practice of communication skills. Prerequisites: Credit Hours: 3 CR.HR.
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