bp4842 Physical therapy IV

Faculty of Sports Studies
spring 2026
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Vladan Toufar (lecturer)
Mgr. Josef Srnec (seminar tutor)
prof. MUDr. Julie Vašků, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. MUDr. Julie Vašků, Ph.D.
Department of Physical Activities and Health Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Supplier department: Department of Physical Activities and Health Sciences – Faculty of Sports Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
bp4829 Physical therapy III && bp4833 Kinesiology, diagnostics and therapy of the musculoskeletal system 3 && bp4830 Physiotherapy in clinical disciplines 2 && BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud) && BOZP_OK(bozp_po_stud_fsps)
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Lectures:The main goal of this course is to provide basic knowledge in Physical therapy and its usage in prevention, examination and therapy of musculoskeletal and nervous system influencing all parts of human existence as a part of comprehensive rehabilitation. It´s important to meet a student with general principles of individual physical therapy parts, physiological or patophysiological organism response on their application and with possibilities of electrotherapy and combined therapy.
Practical course: The main goal of this subject is to provide practical skills in electrotherapy especially focused on more difficult electrotherapy procedures manual application.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students be able to:
- understand importance of Phytsical therapy and its position in short-term rehabilitation plan;
- make reasoned decisions about indications and contraindications of procedures of physical therapy;
- goal of therapy and its best realization.
Syllabus
  • Lectures:
  • 01. Physical therapy position in the field of Physiotherapy (premedication). Combined therapy (general principles, therapeutical effects, methodology of application, contra/indications).
  • 02. Elektrodiagnostic tests – history, general principles, electrods types, ways and techniques of application, polarity, intensity.
  • 03. Elektrodiagnostic tests – creation of Hoorweg-Weiss´s curve and its physiological and patophysiological process, choice of area for selective stimulation.
  • 04. Elektrostimulation and its specifics, monopolar and bipolar application, advantages and disadvantages, frequency and time of procedure.
  • 05. Myostimulation and myofeedback (history, general principles, electrods types, intensity).
  • 06. Myostimulation (ways and techniques of application, polarity, intensity, contra/indications).
  • 07. Main groups of Diagnosis and ways of their treatment (therapeutic balance sheet at traumas in acute and subacute condition, in a chronic state, at functional disorders, at damage to the epidermis, during influence of spasticity).
  • 08. Procedures combinations with regard to an individual effects of Physical therapy.
  • Practical course:
  • 01. Revision of electrotherapy procedures application. Choice of procedures with regard to particular effect (assignment treatments to each effect).
  • 02. Combined therapy – ultrasound and TENS or interferential current. CV mode. Principles, effects, an individual positioning, intensity, current density, time and frequency of procedure.
  • 03. Elektrodiagnostika (zjištění dráždivosti elektrod, vyhledání motorického bodu svalu a nervu).
  • 04. Electrodiagnostic testing (Hoorweig-Weiss curve, accommodation quotient, parameters for electrical muscle stimulation).
  • 05. Electrical muscle stimulation (principles, effects, an individual positioning, intensity, time and frequency of procedure).
  • 06. Myostimulation and myofeedback (principles, effects, an individual positioning, intensity, current density, time and frequency of procedure). Comparison of Farad´s, Neofarad´s and interferential currents subjective feelings.
  • 07. Practie at different workplaces with the operation of physical therapy for forteen hours.
Literature
    required literature
  • KOLÁŘ, Pavel. Rehabilitace v klinické praxi. Druhé vydání. Praha: Galén, 2020, xxxi, 713. ISBN 9788074925009. info
  • Fyzikální léčebné metody pro praxi. Edited by Leoš Navrátil. 1. vydání. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2019, 199 stran. ISBN 9788027104789. info
  • NAVRÁTIL, Leoš. Nové pohledy na neinvazivní laser. 1. vydání. Praha: Grada, 2015, 155, xii. ISBN 9788024716510. info
  • MOC KRÁLOVÁ, Dagmar. Aplikovaná fyzikální terapie IV (Applied physical therapy IV). Online. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, p. nestránkováno, 28 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7348-7. URL info
  • MOC KRÁLOVÁ, Dagmar. Fyzikální terapie IV (Physical therapy IV). Online. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2014, p. nestránkováno, 29 pp. ISBN 978-80-210-7169-8. URL info
  • PODĚBRADSKÝ, Jiří and Radana JESENICKÁ. Fyzikální terapie : manuál a algoritmy. Praha: Grada, 2009, 200 s. ISBN 9788024728995. info
    recommended literature
  • KONEČNÝ, Petr, Jana VYSKOTOVÁ, Barbora KOLÁŘOVÁ, Peter OLŠÁK and Gabriela KREJSTOVÁ. Fyzikální terapie a diagnostika. 1. vydání. Olomouc: Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, 2019, 103 stran. ISBN 9788024454955. info
  • ROBERTSON, Val. Electrotherapy explained : principles and practice. 4th ed. Edinburgh: Butterworth-Heinemann, 2006, xii, 554. ISBN 9780750688437. info
Teaching methods
Lectures: frontal type of education with discussion.
Practical course: practical training of electrotherapy procedures application "lege artis" with correction of qualified physiotherapist or rehabilitation physician. Applied Physical Therapy 4 will take place in a physical therapy outpatient clinic equipped with physical therapy equipment or in laboratories with a portable physical therapy system.
Assessment methods
Lectures: pass the final written test (min. 70 %) and then an oral exam.
Practical course: developing a paper on the topic: News in Physical therapy (English) and a casuistry according to specified requirements. The casuistry in form of oral presentation with PC projection (in Power Point).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms spring 2023, spring 2024, spring 2025.
  • Enrolment Statistics (spring 2026, recent)
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