Course: Palpation Skills

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Course title Palpation Skills
Course code KFE/PDF
Organizational form of instruction Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech, English
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Klečková Tereza, Mgr.
  • Ryba Lukáš, Mgr.
Course content
1. Fundamentals of palpation techniques ? theory, 2. Differences in palpable levels - palpation of the skin, subcutaneous tissue, fascia, joints and ligaments, muscles and bones, 3. Palpation accuracy, palpable illusion, 4. Palpation of major structures Upper limb, 5. Palpation of major structures lower limb, 6. Palpation of major structures of the head and neck, 7. Palpation of major structures of trunk, 8. Alternative techniques palpation - pulse palpation, acupuncture points, energy, craniosacral rhythm, visceral motility etc

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture supplemented with a discussion, Lecture with practical applications
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 30 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 22 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
list, describe and characterize bones, joints, muscles and nervous system in detail according to function
Skills
identify and show at the model or preparation individual muscles, bones, joints and nervous system
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to describe and characterize them in detail by function
to list the types of palpation
to justify the action on individual levels
to analyze palpation sensations
Skills
to palpate significant structures in individual levels in different parts of the body including monitoring of the organ motility
Competences
N/A
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Practicum
Skills
Practicum
assessment methods
Knowledge
Test
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Borovanský, Ladislav. Soustavná anatomie člověka. II. díl. Praha : Státní zdravotnické nakladatelství, 1967.
  • Čihák, R. Anatomie I.-III. Grada Praha, 1987.
  • Gross, J., Fetto, J., Rosen,E.:. Vyšetření pohybového aparátu. Triton Praha, 2005. ISBN 80-7254-720-8.
  • Hoppenfeld, Stanley. Physical examination of the spine and extremities. Upper Saddle River : Prentice Hall, 1967. ISBN 0-8385-7867-5.
  • Chaitow, Leon. Palpation and assessment skills : assessment through touch. 3rd ed. Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 2010. ISBN 978-0-443-06935-2.
  • Simons, David G.; Travell, Janet G.,; Simons, Lois S. Travell & Simons' myofascial pain and dysfunction : the trigger point manual. Volume 1, Upper half of body. 2nd ed. Baltimore : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 1999. ISBN 0-683-08363-5.


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