Content
- Lectures: 15 hours
- Seminar: 30 hours
- Exercises 15 hours
- Independent work: 120 hours
Subject carrier
Description
1. Brief overview of the characteristics of musculoskeletal system development and other systems of the body through lifespan
2. Integral treatment of postural control and stability disorders
a. Biomechanical foundations, characteristics and control of posture through the lifespan
b. Development of mechanisms for postural control
c. Ageing and decline in quality of the postural control
d. Integral treatment of children with postural disorders
e. Treatment of patients of different ages with neurologic injuries that affect postural control
f. Integral treatment for preservation of stability and balance in the elderly
3. Integral treatment for improvement or preservation of mobility and general movement function
a. Biomechanical foundations, development characteristics and control of movements through the lifespan
b. Development of reflexes and fundamental movement patterns in different stages of growth
c. Ageing-associated decline in movement function
d. Integral treatment of patients with different mobility impairments at different ages
e. Integral treatment of elderly patients with mobility limitations and impaired function
f. Integral treatment of issues with upper limb function and fine motor skills in different stages of lifespan and growth
4. Motor learning in different stages of life
a. Fundamental principles of motor learning
b. The role of motor learning in treatment of patients of different ages
c. Teaching the appropriate movement techniques
d. Re-learning the functional movement patterns after injuries of musculoskeletal or nervous system
5. Integral treatment of individual neurological and musculoskeletal problems in different stages of life
a. Adapting the treatment based on the time of the diseases occurrence
b. Adapting the treatment based on the diseases progression and severity
