Course Pre-requisite: There are no pre-requsites for this course. No more than 2 assistants are allowed on any HM course. A PTA/OTA may participate provided the PT or OT they work with can attend the HM course with them, or has done a HM course and is supportive of their participation (we need a letter) The course fee for the PTA/OTA is 60% of the course fee, they do not count in the participant number. They are allowed to observe but not participate in the practical sessions. We are still trialling this and will welcome feedback from the assistant, the other participants, and the instructors.
Course Description:
Course Objectives: Course Objectives: At the completion of the course the participant shall be able to: 1. Recognize the importance of a problem solving approach in the assessment and treatment of movement dysfunction. 2. Begin to observe and analyze human movement with reference to base of support, alignment, selective movement with respect to activity performance. 3. To develop an understanding of balance with respect to predictive and reactive postural control strategies. 4. Appreciate the influence of sensory information on motor output through an experience of facilitated movement. 5. Begin to describe the relationship of neural and musculoskeletal plasticity to patient potential. The participant will be introduced to the analysis of movement on normal subjects as a basis for discussing the assessment and treatment of deviations of posture and selective movement. The information shared in this 3-day course is based on the Bobath Concept. The course will be largely practical with some formal lecture and informal discussion.
Course Pre-reading List: The Study of Human Movement An Introductory Course The Bobath Concept Pre-reading list This list is a suggested list of references to guide you in your study of neurophysiology and human movement as a foundation for learning on the Human Movement Course. In your reading, consider focusing on the following areas: - Posture and Balance - Descending motor systems - Ascending sensory systems - Motor programs Texts Gjelsvik BE. (2008) The Bobath Concept In Adult Neurology. New York, Thieme Stuttgart ISBN 978-3-13-145451-5 Shumway-Cook A., Woollacott M. (2007) Motor Control Translating Research into Clinical Practice. Third Edition, Philadelphia, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins ISBN 10: 0-7817-6691-5 Turlough Fitzgerald, M., G. Ruener, et al.(2007) Clinical Neuroanatomy and Neuroscience, Fifth edition Saunders, Elsevier. ISBN – 10 1-4160-3445-5 Articles Horak FB. Postural orientation and equilibrium: what do we need to know about neural control of balance to prevent falls? Age Ageing. 2006 Sep;35 Suppl 2:ii7-ii11. Massion J, Alexandrov A, Frolov A. Why and how are posture and movement coordinated? Prog Brain Res 2004;143:13-27. Michaelsen, S. M., R. Dannenbaum, et al. (2006). "Task-specific training with trunk restraint on arm recovery in stroke: randomized control trial." Stroke 37(1): 186-92. Raine, S. (2006). "Defining the Bobath concept using the Delphi technique." Physiother Res Int 11(1): 4-13.
