CHI681: Principles and Practice of Neuromusculoskeletal Rehabilitation

Introduction to principles and practice of neuromusculoskeletal rehabilitation, emphasising the biopsychosocial model and active care including consideration of the range of factors influencing clinical decision-making such as normal and abnormal function (physiology and pathophysiology), normal and abnormal biomechanics, structure (morphology), pathology, humanistic factors and patient/client assessment. Workshops highlight a practical approach to the physical performance evaluation, sparing strategies, stabilising strategies, assessment and management of muscle imbalance and facilitation of muscular agonist-antagonist co-activation by reflex stimulation methods.

Related Unit Codes:

Points	4
Enrolment Options	Murdoch: H-external, Y-external
Contact Time	External.
Prerequisites	Enrolment in the Master of Sports Science, Postgraduate Certificate in Neuromusculoskeletal Rehabilitation or Postgraduate Diploma in Neuromusculoskeletal Rehabilitation, or with the permission of the Academic Chair. Co-requisite: Internet access if studying externally.
Notes	Students enrolled in the Postgraduate Certificate or Postgraduate Diploma in Neuromusculoskeletal Rehabilitation should enrol in CHI6811.
School	School of Chiropractic and Sports Science
Unit Coordinator	Dr Paul Dillon Position: Snr Lecturer Clinical Chiropractic E-mail: P.Dillon@murdoch.edu.au Location: Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 2.006 Phone: Prefix: +618 9360 7346
Unit Contacts	Contact Phone Prefix: +618 Location Explanation of Location Codes Teaching Period(s) Dr Paul Dillon Snr Lecturer Clinical Chiropractic (P.Dillon@murdoch.edu.au) 9360 7346 Murdoch Campus Economics, Commerce and Law Room 2.006 MURDOCH H: External (02/08/2010 - 10/06/2011)   MURDOCH Y: External (15/02/2010 - 26/11/2010)

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Key to Offshore Campus Location abbreviations: APMISIN Asia Pacific Management Institute (Singapore) CEJTOKYO Chiropractic Education Japan (Tokyo) JKURASHIKI NET Corporation (Kurashiki, Japan) KDUPG KDU College (Penang, Malaysia) KDUPJ KDU College (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia) SGP-REPOLY Republic Polytechnic (Singapore) SMANUFED Singapore Manufacturing Federation ZHENGZHOU Zhengzhou University (China)