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History and concepts in Neuro rehabilitation: Course Outline

Neurological rehabilitation and the contribution of physical therapy have changed considerably over the past decades as scientific and technological developments have enabled greater understanding of brain reorganization and the mechanisms of motor contro

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Course Content

  1. Introduction of neurological rehabilitation
  2. History of neurological condition
  3. History of neurological rehabilitation
  4. History of different neuro rehabilitation approaches include
  • Bobath
  • PNF
  • Motor relearning program
  • Re-education
  • Roods integration
  • Other Neurodevelopmental approaches
  1. Brief introduction and concepts of different neuro rehabilitation approaches included
  • Bobath
  • PNF
  • Motor relearning program
  • Re-education
  • Roods integration
  • Other Neurodevelopmental approaches
  • Theoretical Framework:
  • Motor control: Issues and Theories
  • Motor Learning and Recovery of Function
  • Physiology of Motor Control
  • Physiological Basis of Motor Learning
  • A Conceptual Framework for Clinical Practice
  • Constraints on Motor Control; an Overview of Neurological Impairments.
  1. Postural Control:
  • Normal Postural Control
  • Development of Postural Control
  • Aging and postural Control
  • Abnormal Postural Control
  • Clinical Management of the Patient with a Postural Control

Course Content

8.Mobility Function:

Contorl of Normal Mobility

A life Span Perspective of Mobility

Abnormal Mobility

Clinical Management of the Patient with a Mobility Disorders

9.Reach, Grasp, and Manipulation:

Normal Reach, Grasp, and Manipulation

 Reach, Grasp, and Manipulation: Changes across the Life Span

 Abnormal Reach, Grasp, and Manipulation

Clinical Management of the patient With Reach, Grasp, and Manipulation Disorders

10.Motor control

  • What is motor control
  • Different theories of motor control
  • Theories of motor skills

11.Learning process

  • Learning definition
  • Non association learning
  • Associative learning
  • Theories of learning

12.Physiology of motor control