RH2001 - Movement Analysis for Rehabilitation

Credit points:	03
Year:	2011
Student Contribution Band:	Band 2
Administered by:	Sch Public Health,Trop Medicine&Rehabilitation Sc

This subject is designed to enable students to analyse movement, focusing on the anatomical and biomechanical interactions within the musculo-skeletal system.

Learning Outcomes

• demonstrate an understanding of motor control for movement;
• demonstrate an ability to analyse various movement patterns on the basis of musculoskeletal involvement and related mechanical principles;
• demonstrate an ability to analyse injury mechanisms associated with particular types of tissue injury;
• demonstrate an ability to analyse static and dynamic posture;
• demonstrate an ability to perform basic analysis of gait.

Graduate Qualities

• The ability to adapt knowledge to new situations;
• The ability to define and to solve problems in at least one discipline area;
• The ability to think critically, to analyse and evaluate claims, evidence and arguments, and to reason and deploy evidence clearly and logically;
• The ability to deploy critically evaluated information to practical ends;
• The ability to find and access information using appropriate media and technologies;
• The acquisition of coherent and disciplined sets of skills, knowledge, values and professional ethics from at least one discipline area;
• The ability to reflect on and evaluate learning, and to learn independently in a self directed manner;
• The ability to manage future career and personal development;
• The ability to read complex and demanding texts accurately, critically and insightfully;
• The ability to speak and write clearly, coherently and creatively;
• The ability to generate, calculate, interpret and communicate numerical information in ways appropriate to a given discipline or discourse;
• The ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
• The ability to work with people of different gender, age, ethnicity, culture, religion and political persuasion;
• The ability to work individually and independently;
• The ability to select and use appropriate tools and technologies;
• The ability to use online technologies effectively and ethically.

Prerequisites:	BM1031 and BM1032
Inadmissible Subject Combinations:	PS2001

Availabilities
Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1
Census Date 24-Mar-2011
Coord/Lect:	Dr Fiona Barnett.
Contact hours:	26 hours lectures 26 hours practicals
Assessment:	end of semester exam (50%); other exams (30%); quizzes or tests (20%).

Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.