Course Leader: Renata Vauhnik
Home Institution: University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Physiotherapy, Slovenia
Course pre-requisite(s): physiotherapy students
Review of the most common musculoskeletal injuries of shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle. Risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries of shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle. Evidence based physiotherapy for musculoskeletal injuries of shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle.
By the end of this course students should be able to synthesize the information about:
- the most common musculoskeletal injuries of shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle
- the risk factors of most common musculoskeletal injuries of shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle
- the evidence based physiotherapy for most common musculoskeletal injuries of shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle.
Review of the most common musculoskeletal injuries of shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle. Risk factors for musculoskeletal injuries of shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle. Evidence based physiotherapy for musculoskeletal injuries of shoulder, elbow, hip, knee and ankle.
(Provide a brief description of instructional approaches that will be used during the course (e.g., lectures, seminars, group projects).)
Interactive lectures
Practical tutorials
Group projects
(Provide specific information about required readings, software…)
Levangie PK, Norkin CC. (2011) Joint structure and function. A comprehensive analysis. P. A. Davis. Fourth edition.
Gwendolen J, Moore A, Falla D, Lewis J, McCarthy C, Sterling M. (2015) Grieve’s Modern Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. Elsevier. Fourth edition.
Written examination 50%
Group project 50%