ECTS

1st Bachelor in Occupational Therapy

Biometrics

ECTS Credits	2
Number of Hours (h/year)	15
Teaching staff	EVRARD, Frédéric
Course Unit	Compulsory
Term	Quad. 1 and 2
Code	PARA-D_ERGO0034/1

Prerequisite	None
Aims and Objectives	To establish the means of measuring the various parameters of the principal functions of the organism
Description	Anthropometric measurements · Current biometric measurements: height and growth, weight, perimeters, circumferences, surface, lengths · Relationship between these various measurements Vertebral measurements (Rachimetry and pelvimetry) Normality Anterior-posterior and side deviations Angular measurements of the articulations Measurement of the muscular force Cardiovascular measurements Stethoscopic sounding Electrocardiogram Test to effort Blood pressure Units of pressure and measuremen Arterial hypotension and hypertension Respiratory measurements Measurements of respiratory volumes Measurements of the ventilatory flows (VEMS - VIMS) Obstructive and restrictive syndromes Measurements of ventilatory mechanics Neurological measurements The scale of Glasgow – Liege Intracranial pressure
Bibliography	Dimeglio A., Croissance en orthopédie Sauramps, Montpellier, 1991. Vandervael F., Biométrie humaine, Desoers, Liège, 1980. Thiebauld C.M., Sprumont P., L’enfant et le sport, De Boeck, Bruxelles, 1998. Dale R., Wagner and Vivian H. Heyward, Techniques of Body Composition Assessment : A Review of Laboratory and Field Methods, Resarch Quartely for Exercice and Sport, Vol 70, N°2, pp 135-149, 1999. Dupuis S.M., Médecine du sport de l’enfant et de l’adolescent, Ellipses, 2001.
Teaching and Learning Methods	Lectures
Assessment Methods	Written examinations
Notes	Yes
Language	French

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