Overview

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Offerings

MURDOCH-S1-INT-2018-ONGOING

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Enrolment rules

Students who have successfully completed CHI328 Physical Assessment and Rehabilitation may not enrol in this unit for credit.
EXS124 Introduction to Sports Science, EXS103 or CHI225/EXS225 Principles of Strength and Conditioning; EXS203 or CHI208/EXS208 Health, Fitness and Performance Assessment.

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Learning activities

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Learning outcomes

1.
Understand the concepts of history-taking, SOAP note format, and patient evaluation procedures.
2.
Develop a therapeutic exercise and rehabilitation programme including overall goals and milestones.
3.
Understand commonly utilised evaluation procedures utilised by other health care providers such as imaging and electro-diagnostic procedures.
4.
Understand commonly utilised management procedures for the musculoskeletal system including electrotherapy, therapeutic physical agents, manipulation and mobilisation, injections, analgesics and NSAID.
5.
Understand the concepts of therapeutic and rehabilitative exercises and apply them for range of motion, stretching, resistance for impaired muscles and impaired balance.
6.
Understand the concepts of management methods utilising therapeutic and rehabilitative exercises for various body regions including the spine, upper and lower extremities. Skills:
7.
Demonstrate the ability to apply basic evaluation and assessment procedures including anthropometric measurements.
8.
Demonstrate the ability to perform posture and gait assessment, functional tests such as range of motion, utilise palpation, and implement stretching techniques for healthy population.
9.
Demonstrate the ability to perform and instruct a client/patient on therapeutic range of motion, stretching, resistance and balance procedures for patients with disability.
10.
Demonstrate an ability to apply therapeutic rehabilitative exercise to the spinal, shoulder, elbow/wrist/hand, hip, knee and ankle/foot regions of the body.

Assessments

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