Course: Physiotherapeutic Care 2: Musculoskeletal Upper Extremity & Cervical Spine credits: 5

Course code
FYVP23FZ2MBE
Name
Physiotherapeutic Care 2: Musculoskeletal Upper Extremity & Cervical Spine
Study year
2025-2026
ECTS credits
5
Language
Dutch, with parts in English
Coordinator
M. van Ark
Modes of delivery
  • Lecture
  • Practical / Training
  • Teaching method 1
Assessments
  • Anatomy 2 - Computer, organised by STAD examinations
  • MSC UE and CS theory - Computer, organised by STAD examinations

Learning outcomes

Learning Outcomes
1CD-FH. 1. The student can explain to one of his peers which essential questions must be asked to the client during a DTF screening.
1CD-FH. 20. The student can independently set up a physiotherapeutic assessment plan for a client with a simple musculoskeletal problem, based on casuistry descriptions.
1CD-FH. 162. The student can independently set up a treatment plan for a client with a simple musculoskeletal problem, based on casuistry descriptions.
1CD-FH. 257. The student can independently set up a care-related prevention plan for a client with a simple musculoskeletal problem, based on casuistry descriptions.
INT 1CD-E/FH 1: The student can justify the choices he/she makes in terms of physiotherapy using specialist literature written in English in consultation with a fellow student in a learning context.
INT 1CD-FH 2: The student describes in a treatment or prevention plan, in a learning context, how the cultural background and worldview can explain patients behaviour.
INT 1OD-E/M 1: The student can describe his/her own cultural identity in a learning context and can use this when interacting with people from a different culture.

Content

PT-care 2 consists of 2 courses of 5 EC that are interwoven with each other. Course 1: MSK upper extremity & cervical spine and course 2: skills and integration.
This course concerns MSK upper extremity & cervical spine and covers the more theoretical part of PT-care 2.

Musculoskeletal conditions of the upper extremity and the cervical spine are very common problems in the daily practice of physiotherapy. During this course the student must be able to show having sufficient anatomical (including living anatomy), medical-biological, behavioural-communicative and physiotherapeutic knowledge related to the upper extremity and the cervical spine. The student should be able to apply this knowledge to patients with musculoskeletal problems of the upper extremity and the cervical spine, for purposes of physiotherapeutic assessment and treatment. The theoretical background will be assessed with a written theory exam.
Anatomy in PT-care 2 is a course designed for practice. It comprises identifying, localising, palpating and drawing bony structures, as well as origin and attachment of muscles, muscle bellies, ligaments and tendons of the spinal column and the upper extremity. In this course we will discuss and test the basic anatomic knowledge and skills that we use as physiotherapists. For each student, the Anatomy classes are offered for at least one period in the international classroom where students from the regular and 3-year programme have classes together with international students. This course delves deeper into the materials of Anatomy 1 (Living) and will be completed with a theoretical multiple choice exam.

Included in programme(s)

School(s)

  • School of Health Care Studies