3rd Year

21 ELECTROTHERAPY (Low & Medium Frequency )		200 HOURS
			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
			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
			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
			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
			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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