Kinesiology for Physical Therapy Practice

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Provides students with the opportunity to develop the skills, knowledge, and competency in kinesiology of human movement as the basis for physical therapy practice. Students will understand normal human motion to provide a conceptual framework for assessing abnormal motion. Content includes principles of the basic structure and function of human joints and skeletal muscle, and biomechanical principles of kinetics and kinematics. These principles of kinesiology are applied to the human body by region including the upper extremity, lower extremity, and axial skeleton. Further application includes posture and gait analysis, and basic assessment and treatment skills for joint mobility impairments. Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 1 Repeatability: May be repeated for credit up to two times. Grade Mode: N- Normal (A, B, C, D, F) College Restrictions: 01 College of Allied Health Sciences Major Restrictions: PTHP- Physical Therapy Student Class Restrictions: Graduate Course Level Restrictions: GS Graduate Department Restrictions: Allied Health: Dept. of Physical Therapy Degree Restrictions: DPT- Doctor of Physical Therapy Program Restrictions: Doctor of Physical Therapy Campus Restrictions: M- Main Campus Schedule Type (Primary): Lecture/Supervised Lab/Clinic Click here for the Schedule of Classes.