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 Academic Year:
| 2013/4 |
| Owning Department/School:
| Department for Health (administered by the Learning Partnerships Office) |
| Credits:
| 12 |
| Level:
| Intermediate (FHEQ level 5) |
| Period: |
Semester 2 at Swindon College |
| Assessment:
| CW 40%, OT 60% |
| Supplementary Assessment: |
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations) |
| Requisites:
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| Description:
| Aims: To develop the student's knowledge and practical skills in the planning and administering of rehabilitation and treatment programmes. Learning Outcomes: At the end of this unit students will be able to: * Describe the basic components of a comprehensive rehabilitation programme including the determination of appropriate goals and objectives, the selection of relevant exercises, and the planning, evaluating and recording of the rehabilitation progress and any pathological, psychological and physiological signs and symptoms that may influence the rehabilitation process; * Demonstrate knowledge of various exercise strategies and their suitability and adaptability to the injured patient; gait re-education; * Describe the general physiological effects of inactivity and immobilisation on the body and the resulting implications for rehabilitation; benefits and use of immobilisation devices and ambulation aids and the application of passive, active, active assisted, autoassisted and resisted exercises through the early and intermediate stages of rehabilitation. Skills: Intellectual * Research (T, F, A) * Evaluation (T, F, A) * Synthesis and analysis (T, F, A) Professional * Meeting professional standards (T, F, A) * Reflective practice (A) Key/Transferable * Communication (T, F, A) * Working with others (T, F, A) * Problem solving (F, A) Practical * Safe and effective application of rehabilitation programmes (T, F, A) * Prioritising time and tasks (A) Content: Immobilisation versus mobilisation; Stages and progressions of rehabilitation with specific focus on early and intermediate, late and predischarge stages; Proprioception, mobilisation, stretches and strengthening exercises for the upper and lower body - early and intermediate, late and predischarge stages; Back mobilisation and strengthening exercises in the early and intermediate, late and predischarge stages; Gait analysis and gait re-education for the early and intermediate stages; Crutch walking; Running re-education; Core stability and dynamic work; Commonly used procedures in orthopaedic surgery and the associated anatomical and/or biomechanical implications for the selection of appropriate rehabilitation exercise programmes. |
| Programme availability: |
LP20581 is Compulsory on the following programmes:Programmes administered by the Learning Partnerships Office
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