Syllabus
Lectures and seminars:
1. Introduction to less used therapeutic systems in the Czech Republic, characteristics of approaches
2. Clinical reasoning with respect to the Maitland concept
3. Principles of examination in selected systems
4. Characteristics of application of selected techniques and approaches of current concepts
5. Tzv. Motion diagram - principles, practical applications
6. Examination and application of selected therapeutic procedures in the cervical spine
7. Examination and application of selected therapeutic procedures in the thoracic spine
8. Examination and application of selected therapeutic procedures in the lumbar spine
9. Examination and application of selected therapeutic procedures in the area of lower limbs
10. Examination and application of selected therapeutic procedures in the area of shoulder joints
11. Examination and application of selected therapeutic procedures in the elbow and hand joints
12. Examination and application of selected therapeutic procedures in the field of hip joints
13. Examination and application of selected therapeutic procedures in the area of knee joints and foot
14. Neurodynamic tests - basic characteristics, principles of diagnostics and therapeutic possibilities, indications, contraindications
15.-18. Practical training of neurodynamic procedures
19.-21. Practical training of current, new approaches in diagnostics and therapy with respect to the concepts of manual therapy
Annotation
The aim of the course is to gain basic knowledge of less used therapeutic approaches or systems in the Czech Republic - concepts according to Maitland, Butler, and other selected approaches or methodologies. The main focus of the course is to acquire skills in the analysis and practical training of selected manual-therapeutic procedures in the field of physiotherapy from the above-mentioned approaches.