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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
FTR 1535	MUSCLE TONE DISORDERS AND REHABILITATION I	2 + 1	3rd Semester	8

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Master's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	The aim of this course is to provide students with advanced theoretical and practical information about the causes of hypertonus and hypotonus in children with pediatric neurological problems, and to enable students to learn neurological rehabilitation approaches and assessment methods for tonus.In addition, a review of the literature on tone problems related to pediatric neurological diseases.
Course Content	Kinesiology of normal motor development Physiology - Molecular Mechanism of Muscle Contraction and the Nerve. Pathophysiology of Spasticity- Normal muscle tone has been established- Neural mechanisms Spasticity formation - Neural and nonneural mechanisms Evaluation of spasticity - primary methods Evaluation of spasticity - secondary methods Management of spasticity - surgical and medical approach Management of spaticity - physiotherapy - direct approaches Management of spaticity - physiotherapy - Indirect approaches. Electrotherapy methods in spasticity Pathophysiology of hypotonicity Neural mechanism of hypotonicity Clinical evaluation of hypotnonus Physiotherapy approaches in hypotonosis Evidence-based practices for tonus in pediatric neurological problems
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.
Mode of Delivery	Face to Face

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Knows different pediatric diseases-neurological problems.
2	Know hypertonus and hypotonia in different pediatric diseases-neurological problems.
3	Knows the evaluation of tone in different pediatric diseases- neurological problems.
4	Know physiotherapy-rehabilitation for hypertonus and hypotonia in different pediatric diseases and neurological problems.
5	Knows the literature review about tone in pediatric neurological diseases.

COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM

ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	14	3	42
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	5	70
Mid-terms	1	4	4
Final examination	1	8	8
Field Work	14	1	14
Practice Professional Skills (Student)	14	1	14
Internet Searching/ Library Study	14	4	56
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			208 8

COURSE DETAILS

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	Course Term	No	Instructors
Details	2023-2024 Fall	1	ERDOĞAN KAVLAK

Course Details

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Course Code	Language Of Instruction	Course Semester
FTR 1535	MUSCLE TONE DISORDERS AND REHABILITATION I	2 + 1	1	Turkish	2023-2024 Fall

Course Coordinator	E-Mail	Phone Number	Course Location	Attendance
Prof. Dr. ERDOĞAN KAVLAK	ekavlak@pau.edu.tr		FTRYO A0342	%

Goals		The aim of this course is to provide students with advanced theoretical and practical information about the causes of hypertonus and hypotonus in children with pediatric neurological problems, and to enable students to learn neurological rehabilitation approaches and assessment methods for tonus.In addition, a review of the literature on tone problems related to pediatric neurological diseases.
Content		Kinesiology of normal motor development Physiology - Molecular Mechanism of Muscle Contraction and the Nerve. Pathophysiology of Spasticity- Normal muscle tone has been established- Neural mechanisms Spasticity formation - Neural and nonneural mechanisms Evaluation of spasticity - primary methods Evaluation of spasticity - secondary methods Management of spasticity - surgical and medical approach Management of spaticity - physiotherapy - direct approaches Management of spaticity - physiotherapy - Indirect approaches. Electrotherapy methods in spasticity Pathophysiology of hypotonicity Neural mechanism of hypotonicity Clinical evaluation of hypotnonus Physiotherapy approaches in hypotonosis Evidence-based practices for tonus in pediatric neurological problems

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Course Assessment

Assesment Methods	Percentage (%)	Assesment Methods Title
Final Exam	50	Final Exam
Midterm Exam	50	Midterm Exam

L+P: Lecture and Practice
PQ: Program Learning Outcomes
LO: Course Learning Outcomes

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