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