Courses Handbook 2008 - [ Archived ]

13332 (v.2) PTO 151 - Physiotherapy Sciences


Area: School of Physiotherapy
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
Lecture: 1 x 5 Hours Weekly
Co Requisite(s): 13330 (v.1) PTO 151 - Biological Sciences
Syllabus: Introduction to clinical research, managing clinical databases, evaluating change in performance, reliability and validity of clinical measures and presentation of data. Clinical versus statistical significance and prediction of outcomes. Diagnosis and testing clinical hypotheses. Biomechanics: body composition, centre of gravity, levers and patient handling techniques. Soft tissue manipulation. Electricity: safety, electrical fields, Ohm's law, resistance/impedance, alternating current/direct current (AC/DC) currents, depolarisation, rectification current types (interferential/high voltage), wave energy and ultrasound principles, inverse square law, cosine law and electromagnetic radiation.
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
Field of Education: 061701 Physiotherapy
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Not Categorised
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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