21 ELECTROTHERAPY (Low & Medium Frequency ) |
200 HOURS |
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Introductory Physics | |||
Electricity | |||
Static Electricity | |||
Current Electricity | |||
Magnetism | |||
Moving coil milliammeter | |||
Voltmeter | |||
Transformer | |||
Chokes | |||
Electric valves or thermionic valves | |||
Metal valve rectifiers | |||
Ionisation | |||
Low – Frequency |
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Interrupted galvanic current | |||
Effects of interrupted galvanic current on innervated and denervated muscles | |||
Characteristics of stimulating current | |||
Threshold of stimulation | |||
Physiological effects of IG current, chemical and therapeutic effects | |||
Electro diagnostic tests | |||
Characteristics of normal and denervated muscle | |||
Peripheral nerve lesions | |||
Selection of current | |||
22. ELECTROTHERAPY (HIGH FREQUENCY) |
150 HOURS | ||
Define electricity | |||
Magnetism | |||
Define electromagnetic induction | |||
Condensers | |||
Valves | |||
Rectifiers | |||
Fuse and grid | |||
Discuss the various devices used in regulating intensity of current. | |||
Define oscillation | |||
Radiant energy | |||
Electro magnetic waves and its properties | |||
Physiological and therapeutic effects of high frequency currents | |||
Short Wave diathermy |
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Actinotherapy | |||
Infrared radiation | |||
Microwave diathermy | |||
Paraffin wax and moist heat | |||
Ultrasonic therapy | |||
Cryotherapy | |||
Interferential therapy | |||
TENS | |||
LASER | |||
Ultra violet radiation | |||
23. CLINICAL ORTHOPAEDICS |
125 HOURS |
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Introduction to orthopaedics | |||
Principles of operative treatment | |||
Sprains and muscle strains | |||
Fractures and dislocations | |||
Upper limb fractures and dislocations | |||
Lower limb fractures and dislocation | |||
Spinal fractures and dislocations | |||
Recurrent dislocations | |||
Amputations | |||
Bone & joint infections | |||
Bone joint tumors | |||
Chronic arthritis | |||
Low back ache painful arc syndrome , tendonitis facitis & spasmoidic torticollis | |||
Spinal deformities | |||
Poliomyelitis | |||
Congenital deformities | |||
Peripheral nerve injuries | |||
Hand injuries | |||
Leprosy | |||
Basic knowledge of implants | |||
Sports injuries and its management | |||
24. PHYSIOTHERAPY IN ORTHOPAEDIC CONDITIONS |
110 HOURS | ||
define fracture, review the types signs and symptoms | |||
describe the PT assessment of a patient with a fracture during the immobilization | |||
list the aims of PT management in a patient with a fracture | |||
Review manual mechanical, skin, skeletal, lumbar and cervical traction | |||
Describe the methods of mobilization of a patient/extremity after healing of a fracture | |||
review the mechanism of injury, clinical features, treatment and complications and describe the PT management and Home program | |||
describe briefly the general and PT assessment of the vertebral column | |||
review cervical and lumbar spondylosis, spondylolysthesis, TB spine and spinal fracture outline PT assessment and management | |||
List the common postural abnormalities affecting the spine. | |||
Review the clinical features and describe the PT management of Ankylosing spondylitis | |||
Intervertebral Disc prolapse | |||
Define the soft tissue injuries, review their etiology and clinical features and describe their treatment | |||
Review upper and lower limb and spinal orthosis and prosthesis. | |||
Review the indications and principles of amputations of the upper and lower limb describe PT management | |||
Define poliomyelitis and review PT management | |||
cerebral palsy, | |||
Rheumoatiod Arthritis | |||
Osteoarthrits | |||
leprosy | |||
different degrees of burns, PT assessment and management | |||
25. COMMUNITY MEDICINE |
150 HOURS |
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Outline the natural history of diseases | |||
Outline the various measures of prevention and methods of intervention especially for diseases with disability | |||
Outline the national care delivery system | |||
Outline selected national health programmes | |||
Define occupational health and list methods of prevention of occupational diseases | |||
Outline of the employees state insurance scheme and its benefits | |||
Describe the social security measures for protection from occupational hazards, accidents, diseases and workman’s compensation act | |||
Outline the objectives and strategies of the national Family Welfare Programme | |||
Define community based and institution based rehabilitation. Describe its advantage and disadvantages. | |||
Describe the communicable diseases | |||
Describe the Epidemiology of Rheumatic heart disease cancer, chronic degenerative disease and cerebrovascular accidents | |||
Outline the influence of nutritional factors such as protein Energy Malnutrition, Anaemia, Vitamin deficiency and minerals on disability | |||
Health education: Its principles, methods of communication, role in rehabilitative services | |||
Define the role of community leaders and health professionals in health educationOutline the role of international health agencies in rehabilitation of the disabled. |

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