| Area: | School of Physiotherapy |
| Credits: | 12.5 |
| Contact Hours: | 2.0 |
| Tutorial: | 1 x 2 Hours Weekly |
| Anti Requisite(s): | 307470 (v.1) Physiology of Pain 655
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| Syllabus: | Physiological principles of the afferent systems in particular those subserving pain. Concepts of sensation and perception and the structures involved in the pain experience. Joint receptors, the Gate Control theory and the descending pain control systems. Effect of pain on normal movement patterns, physical methods of pain relief. |
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| Unit Outcomes: | On successful completion of the unit students will have described accurately the anatomical structures involved in the pain experience. Described the physiological interactions involved in the production of pain and differentiated between pain of centraland peripheral origin. Demonstrated familiarity with the current literature relevant to the pain of musculoskeletal origin. |
| Text and references listed above are for your information only and current as of September 30, 2003. Please check with the unit coordinator for up-to-date information. |
| Unit References: | Physiology of Pain 552 Reader. |
| Unit Texts: | No prescribed texts. |
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| Unit Assessment Breakdown: | Three assignments of equal weighting 33% each. This is by grade/mark assessment. |
| Year | Location | Period | Internal | Area External | Central External | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 1 | | Y | | | 2004 | Bentley Campus | Semester 2 | | Y | | |
