Therapeutic Exedrcises & Techniques

THERAPEUTIC EXEDRCISES & TECHNIQUES
CREDIT HOURS 3(2-1)

Course Description:
This course presents anatomical and physiological principles to allow students to develop
integrated therapeutic exercise interventions. Students have the opportunity to develop an
acquired understanding of physiological responses to various types of training and develop skills
in prescription, implementation, and modeling of exercise programs. Exercise components of
strength, aerobic/ anaerobic conditioning, flexibility, balance and stage of healing/rehabilitation
are examined. Evidence of appropriate, safe and effective exercise design and proper exercise
biomechanics and prescription parameters are addressed with all interventions. Exercise
considerations for special populations and across the age span are covered. Concepts are
presented in lecture and practiced in the laboratory.
DETAILED COURSE OUTLINE:
GENERAL CONCEPTS
THERAPEUTIC EXERCISE: FOUNDATIONAL CONCEPTS
Therapeutic exercise: impact on physical function
Process and models of disablement
Patient management and clinical decision making: an
Interactive relationship:
Strategies for effective exercise and task-specific
Instruction:
PREVENTION, HEALTH, AND WELLNESS
role of physical therapy in healthy people
APPLIED SCIENCE OF EXERCISE AND TECHNIQUES
RANGE OF MOTION
Types of ROM exercises
Indications and goals for ROM
Limitations of ROM exercises
Precautions and contraindications to ROM exercises
Principles and procedures for applying ROM Techniques
ROM techniques
Self-assisted ROM
Continuous passive motion
ROM through functional patterns
STRETCHING FOR IMPAIRED MOBILITY
Definitions of terms related to mobility and stretching
Properties of soft tissue–response to immobilization and stretch
Determinants, types, and effects of stretching interventions
Procedural guidelines for application of stretching interventions
Precautions for stretching
Adjuncts to stretching interventions
Manual stretching techniques in anatomical planes of motion
PERIPHERAL JOINT MOBILIZATION
Definitions of terms; mobilization/manipulation, self-mobilization (auto-mobilization),
mobilization with movement, physiological movements, accessory movements, thrust,
manipulation under anesthesia, muscle energy
Basic concepts of joint motion: arthrokinematics
Indications for joint mobilization
Limitations of joint mobilization techniquescontraindications and precautions
Procedures for applying passive joint mobilization techniques
Mobilization with movement: principles of application
Peripheral joint mobilization techniques including Shoulder Girdle Complex, Elbow and
Forearm Complex, Wrist Complex, Hand and Finger Joints, Hip Joint, Knee and Leg, Ankle
and Foot Joints
RESISTANCE EXERCISE FOR IMPAIREDMUSCLE PERFORMANCE
Muscle performance and resistance exercise–definitions and guiding principles
Skeletal muscle function and adaptation to resistance exercise
Determinants of an exercise program
Exercise program
Physiological changes that occur with training
Determinants of resistance exercise
Types of resistance exercise
General Principles Of Resistance Training
Precautions For Resistance Exercise
Contraindications to resistance exercise
Manual resistance exercise; definition and use, guidelines and special considerations,
techniques–general background, upper extremity, lower extremity
Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation–principles and
Techniques
Diagonal patterns, basic procedures with PNF patterns, upper extremity diagonal patterns,
lower extremity diagonal patterns, specific techniques with PNF
Mechanical resistance exercise; use in rehabilitation, use in conditioning programs, special
considerations for children and older adults
Selected resistance training regimens
Equipment for resistance training
PRINCIPLES OF AEROBIC EXERCISE
Application of principles of an aerobic conditioning program for the patient with coronary
disease; inpatient phase
(phase i) outpatient phase
(phase ii) outpatient program
(phase iii) special considerations, adaptive changes
Applications of aerobic training for the de-conditioned individual and the patient with
chronic illness
Age differences; children, young adults, older adults
AQUATIC EXERCISE
Background and principles for aquatic exercise
Definition of aquatic exercise
Goals and indications for aquatic exercise
Precautions and contraindications to aquatic exercise
Properties of water
Aquatic temperature and therapeutic exercise
Special equipment for aquatic exercise
Exercise interventions using an aquatic environment stretching exercises
Strengthening Exercises
Aerobic Conditioning
Practical training:
Practical demonstration of ROM techniques
Practical demonstration of stretching techniques
Practical demonstration of resisted exercise techniques
Practical demonstration of peripheral joint mobilization techniques
Aerobic exercises
Balance training
Hydrotherapy
Reflective clinical case studies
Supervised and independent Practical application of therapeutic techniques on patients in
outdoor and indoor physiotherapy treatment settings.
Note:
The students are expected to make a record of his/her achievements in the log book. The log
book is a collection of evidence that learning has taken place. It is a reflective record of
achievements. The log book shall also contain a record of the procedures which student would
have performed/observed.
Recommended Text Books:
Therapeutics Exercises and Technique, By: Carolyn Kisner & Lynn Allen Colby 4th 5th
edition.
Therapeutics Exercises: Techniques for Intervention By: Willim D.Banddy
Clinical decision making in therapeutic exercise By: Patricia e. Sullivan & prudence d.
Markos, Appleton & Lange Norwalk, Connecticut

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