Educational guide 2023_24 Facultade de Fisioterapia

Contents

Topic	Sub-topic
Principles of the functioning of the nervous and muscular system.	To deepen the principles of the functioning of the nervous system, both central and peripheral, and its interrelation with the musculoskeletal system.
Biomechanical principles in neuromotor disorders.	To deepen into typical biomechanical patterns of functional movement and how alterations in these patterns can lead to different neuromotor disorders.
Methods of assessment of neuromotor disorders.	To explain and apply the main tools for the evaluation of sensitivity and movement in patients with some type of neuromotor disorder in order to allow the approach of the intervention and also the monitoring of the evolution of the pathology.
Physical therapy methods in the treatment of neuromotor disorders.	Explain and apply different treatment methods in physiotherapy, with different basic approaches, but focused on neuromotor disorders of different etiologies.