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Therapeutic Exercises, TheoryLaajuus (5 cr)

Code: 7F00BA21

Credits

5 op

Objectives

Students
- are able to define the concept of health, physical training of well-being and therapeutic training and know their principles
- are able to evaluate and analyse the effects of therapeutic training
- can use the methods of therapeutic training to improve a person’s well-being
- know the basics of healthy nutrition
- know the meaning of urine exertion and endocrine secretion system for body functions
- can locate the urine exertion and endocrine secretion organs in human body
- can search diverse knowledge based on evidence and are able to critically evaluate research reports from different scientific databases
- can use evidence based knowledge when studying the principles of the profession

Content

- fields of health
- measurement of health
- physical training of well-being
- therapeutic exercises
- physical strain and recovery
- motivation to training
- types of muscular strength
- the basics of producing muscular strength
- flexibility and basics of stretching exercises
- movement control
- urine exertion
- endocrine secretion
- basic of research methods