FOURTH PROFESSIONAL CLINICAL PRACTICE [Syllabus] (MUSCULO-SKELETAL)


Clinical Practice (Musculo-Skeletal)


Total Practice: 150 Hrs                                                             Total Marks: 100
                                                                                                Clinical practice: 100                                                                                   
Clinical Teaching:

§  Revision of relevant subjective and objective assessment techniques, planning the objective assessment, problem lists, treatment plans and short and long term goals.
§  Revision of joint specific assessment and treatment techniques, both peripheral and spinal.
§  Revision of muscle strengthening and joint mobilisation techniques.
§  Use of exercise equipment in planning treatment programs such as weights, pulleys, and springs.
§  Revision of therapeutic massage techniques with emphasis on the reduction of muscle spasm, swelling and the use of frictions in the management of soft tissue injuries.
§  Revision of the theoretical basis and practical application of spinal traction.
  • Revision of the application and therapeutic use of electrotherapy modalities.

Books Recommended:
1.      Carrigan, B. and Maitland, G. D., (1983) Practical Orthopaedic Medicine, Butterworth Heinemann Ltd, Oxford.
2.      Cyriax, J., (1982) Textbook of orthopaedic Medicine volume one, Bulliere Tindall, London.
3.      Cyriax, J. H. and Cyriax P. J., (1983) Illustrated manual of Orthopaedic Medicine, Butterworth, London.
4.      Galley, P. M. and Forster, A.L., (1987) Human movement, an introductory text for Physiotherapy students, Churchill Livingstone, Melbourne.
5.      Grieve, G., (1981) Common Vertebral Problems, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
6.      Grieve, G., (1983) Mobilisation of the Spine, Churchill Livingstone, Edinburgh.
7.      Hollis, M., (1987) Practical Exercise Therapy, Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford.
8.      Maitland, G.D., (1991) Peripheral Manipulation, Butterworth Heinemann, Oxford.
9.      Maitland, G. D., (1986) Vertebral Manipulation, Butterworth, London.
10.  Majee, P. S., (1987) Orthopaedic Physical Assessment, W.B. Saunders, Philadelphia.
11.  Melzach, R. and Wall, P., (1988) The Challenge of Pain, Penguin Books, London.

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