Postural Re-education Techniques

Code: DES10686L

3 ECTS

Duration: 15 weeks/78 hours

Scientific Area: Human Kinetics

Teaching languages: Portuguese

Languages of tutoring support: Portuguese, English

Regime de Frequência: Presencial

Sustainable Development Goals

Saúde de qualidade - Assegurar uma vida saudável e promover o bem-estar para todos, em todas as idades.

Educação de qualidade - Assegurar a educação inclusiva, e equitativa e de qualidade, e promover oportunidades de aprendizagem ao longo da vida para todos.

Learning Goals

Objectives:
1. To know the basic anatomy of postural stability
2. To master the basic assumptions of human muscle balance
3. To understand the importance of pelvic and scapular stability
4. To know the types of strength work and flexibility
5. To know the principles of ideal postural
6. To master the methods for assessing postural
7. To identify the main pathologies of the spine
8. To diagnose misalignment of the lower limbs
9. To prescribe exercise for the various pathologies of the spine and lower limbs
10. To know different techniques postural reeducation
11. To plan and teach postural reeducation sessions
12. To experience technical postural reeducation
13. To have the ability to investigate the postural reeducation techniques
14. To make chips and make oral reading of scientific papers on techniques postural
reeducation

Skills to develop:
1. Acquisition of practical and theoretical knowledge that promote good postural alignment.
2. Prescription of exercise that promote good postural alignment.

I. Basic Anatomy of Posture
1. Osteology and Myology
1.1. Spine and upper and lower limbs
1.2. Joint movements
1.3. Types of muscle contraction
1.4. Role of agonists, antagonists and synergists
1.5. Muscular balance
1.6. Work on strength and flexibility
1.7. Pelvic and scapular stability
2. Postural alignment and postural assessment
2.1. Ideal posture
2.2. Methods of assessing posture
II. Pathologies and prescription in Postural Reeducation
1. Pathologies of postural alignment
1.1. Pathologies of the spine
1.2. Pathologies of the lower limbs
2. Prescription of exercise for postural disorders
2.1. Theoretical study of postural reeducation techniques
2.2. Planning and teaching sessions
3. Experience of postural reeducation techniques

Teaching Methods

During a semester, students will have a theoretical and practical that lasts one hundred
and twenty minutes and a practical that lasts sixty minutes in a weekly basis. Thirty
hours of theoretical classes and fifteen hours of practical classes are expected to be lectured.
The theoretical and practical classes aim to transmit all the contents of the UC syllabus,
except those referring to the experience of techniques and the teaching of postural
reeducation sessions, which will be approached on the practical classes.
The Moodle platform will be used to share information, including the program, operating
standards, assessment dates, and scientific articles, among others. The use of the Moodle
platform is also an effective and fast way of communication between teacher and student (s)
and between students.
Continuous assessment includes the following time points:
1. Theoretical evaluation, through an exam.
2. Theoretical and practical evaluation, concerning the resolution of worksheets and the
planning and teaching a session of postural reeducation with a technique at the students
choice.
The final assessment includes a theoretical evaluation, through an exam and a practical
evaluation. To successfully complete the UC, all students should have at least 9.5 points in
each of the evaluation moments, as well as follow the operating standards of the schools
policy, including the attendance of 75% of the lectured classes.