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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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Posture: Verticalization, balance and postural motorics functions. Neuromechanics and neurophysiology. Postural activity and reactivity. Axial system motorics: Functional synergies of postural-locomotion and postural-respiratory functions. Respiratory motorics kinesiology: Kinematics of diaphragm and other respiratory muscles. Pathophysiology of breathing. Clinical applications. Human bipedal locomotion: Development context, evolution, ontogenesis and postnatal development of locomotion functions. Clinical and experimental possibilities of analysis and therapeutic intervention of locomotion functions. Kinesiology and ergonomics of intentional movement functions: ADL, profession, and sports. Functional and morphological categories of specific kinesiology: Movement segment, kinematic chains, functionally significant movement connections. Functional and morphological categories of specific kinesiology: Movement segment, kinematic chains, functionally significant movement connections. Specific kinesiology of Spine: Development, biomechanics, clinical applications. Specific kinesiology of Shoulder Girdle: Development, biomechanics, clinical applications. Specific kinesiology of elbow and hand: Development, biomechanics, clinical applications. Specific kinesiology of Pelvic Girdle: Development, biomechanics, clinical applications. Specific kinesiology of knee: Development, biomechanics, clinical applications. Specific kinesiology of ankle and foot: Development, biomechanics, clinical applications.
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training)
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Learning outcomes
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Holistic perception of the human being in the rehabilitation of movement disorders. Axial system motorics, functional connections to respiratory motorics. Functional classification and movement hierarchy.
Students will use the theoretical knowledge in the clinical application of individual therapeutic principles in specific patients.
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Prerequisites
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unspecified
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Written exam
Active attendance in seminars, periodical and final test passing, seminar paper.
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Recommended literature
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Bronstein, A. M., Brandt, T., & Woolacott, M. (Eds.). (2004). Clinical disorders of balance, posture and gait. London: Edward Arnold.
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CALVERT, G., SPENCE, Ch., STEIN, E. B. The handbook of multisensory processes.
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Frost, R. (2013). Applied Kinesiology: A Training Manual and Reference Book of Basic Principles and Practices. Berkeley: North Atlantic Books.
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Latash, M. (1998). Progress in motor control. Champaign: Human kinetics.
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