Support and guidance of human mobility and functioning

Structure Type:	Course
Code:	KG10BP02
Type:	Compulsory
Level:	Bachelor
Credits:	15.0 points
Responsible Teacher:	Kiili, Riitta
Teacher Team:	Lähdesmäki, Liisa ; Finne, Merja ; Svahn, Tarja ; Hautamäki, Minna ; Mäntykivi, Pirkko ; Haapala, Pia
Language of Instruction:	Finnish

Learning Outcomes

The students will:
- become familiar with central national and international recommendations on health promotion (exercise, nutrition, clinical practice guidelines)
- learn principles and methods pertaining to health counselling and guidance
- know how to counsel/guide people of all ages on health promotion, by using a client-centred and purposeful approach
- understand the concepts and principles of motor learning and exercise didactics and apply them when guiding individual clients and groups
- familiarize themselves with the methods and tools used in exercise intruction and learn to draw up and implement appropriate training programmes for their clients
- know how to apply guidance methods used for fundamental movement exercises and therapeutic exercises when assessing clients' movement and function
- be introduced to massage skills and learn to apply basic massage grips in various situations
- become familiar with the principles of limb joint mobilization and stabilization and learn to apply the methods in an appropriate, safe manner

Student's Workload

Will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Prerequisites / Recommended Optional Courses

No previous studies are required.

-Selected national and international recommendations on health promotion
-Counselling and guidance methods for health promotion
-Motor learning and exercise didactics
-Principles of individual and group guidance
-Planning and implementation of an exercise programme with help of various tools
-Therapeutic exercise
-Massage
-Joint and spine mobilization and stabilization

Mode of Delivery / Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

- Lectures
- Tutorials
- Independent study
- Exercises
- Project learning
- Seminars
- Online learning

Assessment Criteria

Assessment criteria will be announced at the beginning of the course.

Assessment Methods

Theoretical and practical exams, seminar assignments

Further Information

Courses: Science of education and motor learning 1.5 cr, Sports didactics 1.5 cr, Biomechanics 1 cr, Therapeutic exercises 4 cr, Manual therapy 5 cr, Health promotion 2 cr.

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