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Rehabilitation Devices and Compensatory Aids

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Course Unit Code450-2096/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated4 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Compulsory
Level of Course Unit *First Cycle
Year of Study *Second Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites
PrerequisitiesCourse Unit CodeCourse Unit Title
450-2095Introduction to Assistive Technologies
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
AUG011prof. Ing. Martin Augustynek, Ph.D.
ZAD0025Mgr. Mariana Zádrapová
Summary
Learning outcomes of the course unit The aim of the subject is the theoretical mastering of mechanical and instrumental examination methods of physiotherapy, compensatory aids of motion, neurological and sensory system. Students will be acquainted with instrumentation used in therapy of neuromuscular and somatosensory system. After completing the subject of Rehabilitation Technique and Compensation Aid, the student will get an overview of the investigational and therapeutic options in the rehabilitation and compensatory aids of the neuromuscular and somatosensory system. He will acquire knowledge about the technical solution of rehabilitation techniques and therapies.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
The student will get an overview of the investigational methods used in rehabilitation, the types and types of wide range of compensatory aids and will be familiar with the instrument therapy used in rehabilitation.
Course Contents
961/5000
The topics below specify areas of interest. They are always part of the overview and parts dealing with technical solutions common to the area
Lectures:
1. Introduction to the problem
2. Compensation aids
3. Prostheses, orthoses
4. Locomotors
5. Switches, adapters, communicators
6. Sensory aids
7. Balance therapy - unstable platforms
8. Biofeedback
9. Domestic aids, aids for sports
10. Dynamometry, Ergometry
11. Videography, EMG
12. Mechanotherapy, posturography
13. Pedagogy, pedoplantography Armeo
14. Balance trainer, Lokomat
Exercises:
1. Principles of rehabilitation exercises
2. Compensation aids
3. Prostheses, orthoses
4. Locomotors
5. Switches, adapters, communicators
6. Sensory aids
7. Balance therapy - unstable platforms
8. Biofeedback
9. Domestic aids, aids for sports
10. Dynamometry, Ergometry
11. Videography, EMG
12. Mechanotherapy, posturography
13. Pedagogy, pedoplantography Armeo
14. Balance trainer, Lokomat
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
SANDERS, Martha J, ed. Ergonomics and the management of musculoskeletal disorders. 2nd ed. St. Louis: Butterworth-Heinemann, c2004. ISBN 0-7506-7409-1.
SANDERS, Martha J, ed. Ergonomics and the management of musculoskeletal disorders. 2nd ed. St. Louis: Butterworth-Heinemann, c2004. ISBN 0-7506-7409-1.

Přístrojová technika v rehabilitaci pro biomedicínské techniky, Vyskotová Jana, VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2006, ISBN: 80-248-1130-8

Kompenzační pomůcky a přístroje v rehabilitaci, Vyskotová Jana, Čichoň Rostislav, OSU – Lékařská fakulta,

TROJAN, Stanislav. Fyziologie a léčebná rehabilitace motoriky člověka. Praha: Grada, 1996. ISBN 80-7169-257-3. Ostrava, 2013, ISBN 978-80-7464-421-4

KUTÍLEK, Patrik, Lubomír POUŠEK a Adam ŽIŽKA. Praktika z rehabilitačního inženýrství a protetiky-ortotiky. V Praze: České vysoké učení technické, 2011. ISBN 978-80-01-04682-1.

Recommended Reading:
RADOMSKI, Mary Vining a Catherine A. Trombly LATHAM, ed. Occupational therapy for physical dysfunction. 6th ed. Philadelphia: Wolters Kluwer Health/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, c2008. ISBN 978-0-7817-6312-7.
Živčák J., Hudák J., Biomechanizmy, Prešov : ManaCon, 2001, ISBN 80-89040-06-3.

Živčák J., Hudák J., Rehabilitačná technika, Prešov : ManaCon, 2014, ISBN 80-89040-38-4.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lectures, Individual consultations, Tutorials
Assesment methods and criteria
Task TitleTask TypeMaximum Number of Points
(Act. for Subtasks)
Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing
Graded creditGraded credit100 51