Course: Pain Management

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Course title Pain Management
Course code FYT/FTA29
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Pieran Marek, MUDr.
  • Můčková Anita, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Pain definition. Neurophysiological basis for pain perception. Melsack-Wall Theory. Modern theories of pain origin and distribution, CNS projection. Autonomous NS and pain relation. Ephapse phenomenon, sprouting, pain fixation theory. Possibilities for influencing the pain - pharmacological and non-pharmacological on the NS periphery and in CNS. Reflexology in pain treatment. Pain and psychosomatics. Mental aspects of long-term pain. Social and societal aspects. Physiotherapists possibilities in pain treatment.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
Pain - the neurophysiological basis for pain origin; possibilities for pain management - pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment; pain and psychosomatics in individual diagnosis; physiotherapeutic means for pain management.
Students will be able to use theoretical knowledge and the possibilities of kinesiotherapy in dealing with pain with individual patients.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Attendance at seminars, active involvement
Recommended literature
  • DANZER, G. (2010). Psychosomatika. Praha.
  • Hakl, M. a kol. (2013). Léčba bolesti: současné přístupy k léčbě bolesti a bolestivých syndromů. Praha: Mladá fronta.
  • Hakl, M. (2017). Bolesti zad a kloubů. Praha: Mladá fronta.
  • Koh, K.B. (2013). Somatization and psychosomatic symptoms. NY: Springer.
  • Kozák, J. (2010). Léčba chronické bolesti. Olomouc: Solen.
  • Málek, J., Ševčík, P. (2009). Léčba pooperační bolesti. Praha: Mladá fronta.
  • Opavský, J. (2011). Bolest v ambulantní praxi: od diagnózy k léčbě častých bolestivých stavů. Praha: Maxdorf.
  • ROKYTA, R., FRICOVÁ, J., KOZÁK, J. (2015). Léčba bolesti ve stáří. Praha: Mladá fronta.
  • 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 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter