Course: Pain Management

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Course title Pain Management
Course code FYT/PTA49
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Gaul Aláčová Petra, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1.The concept of pain - neurophysiological bases for pain perception. Theory according to Melsack-Wall. 2.Modern theory of origin and spread of pain, projection in CNS. Relationship of the vegetative nervous system and pain. 3.Phenomenon of ephapse, sprouting, theory of algal fixation. 4.Possibilities of influencing pain - pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment. 5.Psychic aspects of long-term pain. Social aspects. 6.Pain and psychosomatics in individual diagnoses and pain relief from the point of view of the physiotherapist. 7.Reflexology in the treatment of pain.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course Pain management - treatment of pain is to provide information about complex pharmacological, non-pharmacological and the interventional treatment of pain in relation to the physiotherapy of acute and chronic pain conditions.
Student gets acquainted to current information about the possibilities of influencing pain.
Prerequisites
unspecified
FYT/PTB22 and FYT/PTA30

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Credit test
Recommended literature
  • Koh, K. B. (2013). Somatization and psychosomatic symptoms. New York, NY: Springer.
  • WALDMAN, D. S. (2001). Interventional pain management. Philadelphia: W.B. Saunders Co.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Sciences Study plan (Version): Physiotherapy (2019) Category: Health service 4 Recommended year of study:4, Recommended semester: Winter