1st Bachelor in Physiotherapy

General and special physiology and physiology of the movement including neurophysiology

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ECTS Credits4
Number of Hours (h/year)45
Teaching staffDEGOTTE, Maryse
JACO, Marcel
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1 and 2
CodePARA-D_KINE0004/1
Prerequisite

Basic concepts of physics, chemistry.

Aims and Objectives

To know the anatomic and physiological aspects of the nervous and muscular system, their operations in order to integrate these concepts in the courses of motor rehabilitation

Description

Cellular physiology:

· Cellular compartments

· Cellular organelles

· Movements of the molecules

Physiology of the nervous system

· Functions of the nervous system

· Organization of the nervous system

· Types of cells

· Anatomy of the central nervous system (SNC)

· Peripheral nervous system

· Control of motricity

Muscular physiology

The striated skeletal muscle (structure, properties, functions, mechanism of contraction, energic metabolism)

Bibliography

ASTRAND, P.O., et RODAHL, K., Physiologie de l’exercice musculaire, 2ème édition, Ed. Masson, Paris, 1995.

MARIEB, E.M., Physiologie et anatomie humaine, Ed. De Boeck, Bruxelles, 2000.

VANDER, AJ., Physiologie humaine, Mac Graw-Hill, 1999.

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Assessment MethodsWritten examinations
NotesYes
LanguageFrench

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