PSTR 312 : THERAPEUTIC MODALITIES 1
Credits:
2
This course is practical based and is to enable the student to demonstrate skills in the selection and the use of physiotherapeutic procedures and techniques. It will cover the following areas:
- All practical aspects of massage manipulations, kinesiology and therapeutic exercise.
- Hydrotherapy – Practice of exercise in water
- Effects and dosage of hot and cold baths. Techniques of pool therapy and precautions.
- Applications of all electrotherapeutic based modalities in physiotherapy, including thermotherapy, neuromuscular stimulation, sonotherapy, actinotherapy, cryotherapy and hydrotherapy.
The course will be examined as a practical type.