Content
- Lectures: 8 hours
- Seminar: 8 hours
- Exercises 10 hours
- Clinical exercises: 4 hours
- Independent work: 60 hours
Subject carrier
Description
The student understands: – Epidemiology of the upper body injuries,
– Neuromuscular control of the upper body movement (intermuscular coordination
of functional movements, development of movement patterns and movement
learning), – Most common upper body problems (Whiplash injury and cervical
sprain, functional scoliosis, different types of glenohumeral and scapular
instability, impingement syndromes, Bankart lesion, SLAP lesion, stress injuries
of the rotator cuff, biceps brachii injuries, injuries of the elbow and wrist),
– Advanced physiotherapeutic assessment of the upper body (palpation, testing
of muscle strength and mobility, specific functional tests, advanced methods of
assessing posture and their use in practice), – Advanced physiotherapeutic
treatment of the upper body (therapeutic methods for a targeted development of
upper body strength and power, local and global stabilization, methods of
targeted stretching of upper body structures, integration of various
physiotherapeutic methods and approaches, preventive and curative measures to
prevent and treat upper body injuries), – External and internal risk factors for
upper body injuries.
