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Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation in Neurological Conditions [1]

Paper Code: 
MPT NC 205
Credits: 
12
Max. Marks: 
100.00
Objective: 
  • To learn different physiotherapeutic strategies that can assist recovery of normal function from neurological dysfunction.
  • To understand the conservative and surgical management of neurological condition as relevant to physiotherapy.
  • To correlate the knowledge gained in understanding the neurological dysfunction.

 

Unit I: 
Conditions / rehabilitation of the spinal cord & cauda equina
  • Acute Traumatic injuries of the spinal cord
  • Slow progressive compression of the spinal cord
  • Syringomyelia
  • Ischemia and infection of the Spinal Cord (Transverse myelitis) and Cauda Equina
  • Tumors of Spinal Cord
  • Surges surgical management in Spinal Cord

 

 

Unit II: 
Degenerative Diseases of the Spinal cord and Cauda Equina
  • Ataxia (sensory )
  • Motor Neuron Disease
  • Spinal Muscular Atrophy
  • Spino-cerebellar Degeneration(Friedreich's Ataxia)
  • Transverse Myelitis

 

 

Unit III: 
Conditions of peripheral nerves
  • Peripheral neuropathies and peripheral nerve lesions, Clinical diagnosis of peripheral neuropathy
  • All types of levels of peripheral neuropathies and brachial plexus lesions
  • Causalgia
  • Reflex sympathetic dystrophy
  • Traumatic, Compressive and  Ischemic neuropathy
  • Spinal Radiculitis and Radiculopathy
  • Hereditary motor and sensory neuropathy
  • Acute idiopathic polyneuritis
  • Neuropathy due to infections
  • Vasculomotor neuropathy
  • Neuropathy due to Systemic Medical Conditions
  • Drug induced neuropathy
  • Metal poisoning, Chemical neuropathies
  • Polyneuropathies:Acute,Subacute and Chronic level polyneuropathy
  • Surgeries on peripheral Nerves

 

 

Unit IV: 
Conditions of muscles
  • Myasthenia gravis
  • Muscular dystrophies of adulthood
  • The Myotonic conditions
  • Inflammatory conditions of muscle
  • Endocrine and metabolic myopathies
  • Duchene muscular dystrophy
  • Progressive muscular dystrophy.

 

Unit V: 
Conditions
  • Deficiency & Nutritional Conditions, Deficiency of vitamins & related conditions, Other nutritional neuropathies
  • Conditions of Autonomic nervous system:Bladder and Bowel dysfunction,, Orthostatic hypotension, Autonomic dysreflexia, Autonomic Neuropathy.
  • Nervous system aging effects and Geriatric neurological conditions

 

References: 
  1. Cash's textbook of neurology for physiotherapists -  Downi - J.P.Brothers.
  2. Adult Hemiplegia - Evaluation & treatment - Bobath - Oxford Butterworth Heinmann.
  3. Neurological Rehabilitation - Carr & Shephered -Butter worth Heinmann.
  4. Neurological Rehabilitation - Umpherd - Mosby.
  5. Geriatric Physical Therapy - Gucciona - Mosby.
  6. Brunnstrom’s Movement Therapy in Hemiplegia- Sawner&La Vigne-Lippincott.
  7. Principles of Neurology - Victor - McGraw Hill lnternational edition.
  8. Davidson's Principles and practices of medicine - Edward – Churchill Livingstone.
  9. Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation-Susan Sullivan
  10. Neurological Rehabilitation-Illus

 

 

Academic Year: 
2023-24 [2]

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