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Individual as a Functional Entity, Practical Lessons (3 cr)

Code: 7F00EB38-3007

General information


Enrolment period

01.12.2021 - 30.08.2022

Timing

01.06.2022 - 07.10.2022

Credits

3 op

Mode of delivery

Contact teaching

Unit

Physiotherapy

Campus

TAMK Main Campus

Teaching languages

  • English

Degree programmes

  • Degree Programme in Physiotherapy

Teachers

  • Liisa Mannisenmäki
  • Tiina Pystynen

Person in charge

Tiina Pystynen

Groups

  • 22FYKEN

Objectives (course unit)

Students
- have the ability to observe and describe human psychomotorics
- are able to palpate the main structures of human anatomy
- are aware of themselves as movers and actors
- have the ability to observe positions, moving and movement and the ability to name them by using the basic terms of biomechanics
- are able to co-operate with the other students

Content (course unit)

- palpation of joint and muscles
- function of joints
- observation of position, movement and moving

Assessment criteria, pass/fail (course unit)

Pass
The student defines the positions and movements of the joints, specifying the movement planes and movement axes at different stages of basic movements.
The student uses movements to specify biomechanical concepts.
In his/her report, the student describes the basic movements of people of different ages according to age, based on sources.

Fail
The student is unable to observe and define positions and movements using biomechanical terminology.
The student is not able to describe in his/her report the basic movements according to the age of persons of different ages or the report is completely missing.

Assessment scale

0-5