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VOCATIONAL SCHOOL OF KOZAKLI / FZT107 - PHYSIOTHERAPY

Code: FZT107 Course Title: ELECTROTHERAPY-I Theoretical+Practice: 3+1 ECTS: 5
Year/Semester of Study 1 / Fall Semester
Level of Course Short Cycle Degree Programme
Type of Course Compulsory
Department PHYSIOTHERAPY
Pre-requisities and Co-requisites None
Mode of Delivery Face to Face
Teaching Period 14 Weeks
Name of Lecturer MUHAMMET ÖZALP (muhammetozalp@nevsehir.edu.tr)
Name of Lecturer(s)
Language of Instruction Turkish
Work Placement(s) None
Objectives of the Course
To provide knowledge of electrophysical principles of electrotherapy modalities, tissue responses to modalities, and mechanisms and application tecniques of low and medium frequency currents.

Learning Outcomes PO MME
The students who succeeded in this course:
LO-1 Can ımproves their understanding of exicatibility properties of nerve and muscle PO-1 Have enough educational background in health.
PO-4 Choose and use efficiently physiotherapy techniques required for the cases.
PO-6 Selects appropriate therapy agents and tools to be used in rehabilitation.
PO-7 Have a command in spesific problems in physiotherapy.
PO-14 Knows basic anatomy and physiology terms.
Examination
Laboratory Exam
LO-2 Gain knowledge and skills about low and medium frequency currents. PO-1 Have enough educational background in health.
PO-4 Choose and use efficiently physiotherapy techniques required for the cases.
PO-5 Gain practice skills.
PO-6 Selects appropriate therapy agents and tools to be used in rehabilitation.
Examination
Laboratory Exam
LO-3 Can describe the responses of normal and denervated muscles and nerves to stimuli. PO-1 Have enough educational background in health.
PO-7 Have a command in spesific problems in physiotherapy.
PO-14 Knows basic anatomy and physiology terms.
Examination
Laboratory Exam
LO-4 can choose and apply the correct electrotherapy methods in physiotherapy approaches PO-1 Have enough educational background in health.
PO-3 Provides evidence-based solutions.
PO-4 Choose and use efficiently physiotherapy techniques required for the cases.
PO-5 Gain practice skills.
PO-6 Selects appropriate therapy agents and tools to be used in rehabilitation.
PO-14 Knows basic anatomy and physiology terms.
Examination
Laboratory Exam
PO: Programme Outcomes
MME:Method of measurement & Evaluation

Course Contents
The electrophysical mechanisms, physiological responses of nerve and muscle to electrical stimulation, excitability properties of inervated and denervated muscle. To improve knowledge of low and medium frequency currents
Weekly Course Content
Week Subject Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
1 introduction to electrotherapy- Electrophysical and thermal principles Lecture Drill and Practice Other: applications
2 Electric currents and classification Lecture Drill and Practice Other: applications
3 EFFECTS OF ELECTROTHERAPY Lecture Drill and Practice Other: applications
4 Properties of galvanic current and Iontophoresis -Medical and surgical galvanism Lecture Drill and Practice Other: applications
5 Sensory and motor nerve activation, effects of stimulation on inervated and denervated muscle Lecture Drill and Practice Other: applications
6 Modified galvanic current and its physiological properties Lecture Drill and Practice Other: applications
7 intermediate exam preparation Lecture Drill and Practice Other: applications
8 mid-term exam
9 Faradic current Lecture Drill and Practice Other: applications
10 High Voltage Pulsed Galvanic Current Lecture Drill and Practice Other: applications
11 Physiology of Pain, Mechanisms of TENS and its application Lecture Drill and Practice Other: applications
12 Diadinamic current Diadinamik akım özellikleri ve uygulamaları Lecture Drill and Practice Other: applications
13 Interferential current Lecture Drill and Practice Other: applications
14 Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy (ESWT) Lecture Drill and Practice Other: applications
15 Final exam preparation Lecture Drill and Practice Other: applications
16 final exam
Recommend Course Book / Supplementary Book/Reading
1 ders notları kullanılacaktır.
2 Kanıta Dayalı Elektroterapi / Edibe Ünal
3 Elektroterapi ve Fiziksel Modaliteler Kanıtlar ve Olgular Eşliğinde/ Arzu Razak Özdinçler
4 Elektroterapide Temel Prensipler ve Klinik Uygulamalar
Required Course instruments and materials
computer, projection device

Assessment Methods
Type of Assessment Week Hours Weight(%)
mid-term exam 8 1 40
Other assessment methods
1.Oral Examination
2.Quiz
3.Laboratory exam 8 1 20
4.Presentation
5.Report
6.Workshop
7.Performance Project
8.Term Paper
9.Project
final exam 16 1 40

Student Work Load
Type of Work Weekly Hours Number of Weeks Work Load
Weekly Course Hours (Theoretical+Practice) 4 14 56
Outside Class
       a) Reading 2 5 10
       b) Search in internet/Library 4 8 32
       c) Performance Project 0
       d) Prepare a workshop/Presentation/Report 0
       e) Term paper/Project 2 1 2
Oral Examination 0
Quiz 0
Laboratory exam 2 14 28
Own study for mid-term exam 5 2 10
mid-term exam 1 1 1
Own study for final exam 5 2 10
final exam 1 1 1
0
0
Total work load; 150