KURUKSHETRA UNIVERSITY(KURUKSHETRA)

SYLLABUS FOR 2ND YEAR OF BACHELOR OF PHYSIOTHERAPY COURSE

(TO TAKE EFFECT FROM SESSION 2004-05

1. ORTHOPAEDIC
a) INFLATION OF BONES

Bones: osteomyelitis, pyogenic, tuberculosis, osteoarthritis

b) INFLATION OF JOINTS(ARTHRITIS)

Rheumatoid arthritis, infective arthritis, tubercular arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout arthritis,
haemophilic joints, neuropathic joints

c) SOFT TISSUE ,TENDON SHEATH, BURSAE

Teno-synovitis,bursitis, etc.

d) CONTRACTURES
e) POSTURE AND POSTURAL DEFECTS
f) METABOLIC DISEASE OF SKIN

Rickets, osteomalacia, osteoporosis

g) SPINE

Torticolis, cervical rib, spina bifida, spondylolisthesis, scoliosis, kyphosis, lordosis, spondylosis

(cervical spine, lumber spine), flat back, prolapse of sacralisation

h) HIP

Dislocation(congenital, traumatic, pathological, paralytic, spastic), coxa vara, coxa valga, etc.

i) KNEE

Cartilage lesion(osteo arthritis and loose bodies), dislocation of patella, condromalacia patella, genu
varum, genu valgum, genu recurvatum, Osgood schlatter’s disease

j) ANKLE

Sprain(acute, chronic)

k) FOOT

Congenital talipes equinovarus, pes cavus, pes valgus, hellux valgus, foot strain, metatarsalgia, hallux
rigidus, calcaneal spur, ingrowing tow nail
 l) SHOULDER

Painful arc syndrome, periarthritis, recurrent dislocation, biceps tendinitis, frozen shoulder

m) ELBOW,FORE-ARM,HAND

Cubitus valgus, cubitus varus, madelung deformity tennis elbow, golfer’s elbow, myocitis ossificans,
tardy’s ulnar neuritis, dequarvan’s disease, depuytren’s contracture, mallet finger, carpel tunnel
syndrome

n) POLIOMYELITIS
o) PEREPHIRAL NERVE INJURIES
p) CEREBRAL PALSY
q) AMPUTATIONS

Foot, above knee, below knee, hip and pelvis, above elbow, elbow, below elbow

r) OPERATIONS

Reconstructive arthroplasty, arthrodesis, bone grafting, osteotomy, tendon transplant and transfer

Nerve:- neurolysis, suture, graft, decompression

s) ORTHOPAEDIC SPLINTS AND APPLIANCES

Fractures

Types, healing, complications, general priciples of treatment

Spine, pelvis, hip joint, femur, patella, knee joint, cartilage and ligament, tibia, fibula, ankle, calcaneum,
metatarsals, clavicle, scapula, ribs, humerus, elbow, radius, ulna, scaphoid, metacarpals, phalanges

Fractue sepration of epiphysis

Starins And sprains

Injuries of muscles, and tendons

Dislocations(elbow, shoulder,hip, ankle)

Traumatic paraplegia

2. KINESEIOLOGY
A) Introduction of study of kinesiology
B) Fundamental concepts

Starting position, the entre of gravity, line of gravity, planes and axis of motion, fundamental
movements of major body segments
 C) Muscular system

Definition, properties of muscles, muscular contraction, structural classification, action of muscle in

moving bones, direction of pull, angle of pull, fnctional classification, co-ordiation of muscular system

D) The joints

Structure and function, definition and classfication

E) Neuro-musculal junctions

The motor units, innervation of muscles, muscles tones, reflexes, reciprocal innervation and inhibition,
kinesthetic sense and ballistic movements,

F) The machinery of muscle

Skeletal system, the levers, anatomical levers, the wheel and axle, the pulley , the efficiency of machines

G) The fundamental principles of motion

The causes and kinds of motion, kinds of motion experienced by body and factors determining the kind
and modification of motion, the laws of motion, circular motion

H) Fundamental principle of force and work

Force and its magnitude, direction, point of application, components of muscular force, components of
external force, graphical representation of force, true force and the resistance, arms of lever,the
confused affect of two or more forces

I) Principles of stability
J) Principles governing posture

Vertebral coloumn, thorax, shoulder region, elbow, wrist and hand, hip, knee, ankle and foot, neck

K) Applications of kinesiology to

Locomotion- walking and running, physical therapy and occupational therapy, daily life skill, the
selection and evaluation of exercise for conditioning and corrective purpose

3) PSYCHOLOGY

A) nature of psychology

Behavior and experience, conscious, subconscious, un conscious mind,

B)fields of psychology

Introscpective and experimental methods

C) schools of psychology

Associationism, psychoanalytical theory, behaviourism, gestalt psychology, sturucturalism, functionalism

D)heredity

Environment-physical, psychological, social

E)motivation

Principle of homeostatis, need and its relations,to structuresand environment, kinds of moties,
physiological, psychological, social, and unconscious, life goals and level of inspiration, intrest and
attitude and motivational forces

F) emotions

Nature and relationship with autonomic nervous system, james-lange theory of emotion, meaongall’s
theory of emotion, sentiments and feelings, pathological and functional disorder of emotion, emotional
hygine

G) conflicts and Frustration

Common defensive mechanism ( identification, regression, repression, projection, sublimation,

rationalition

H) learning

Types(thorandike’s trial and error, associative, practical application of conditioning technique in morbid
fears, compulsion to steel and other neurotic behavior in elinating undesireable behavior, learning by
sight(ganslant learning , kobler’s experiments on animal learning, transfer of learning

I)memory

Types(recall, recognition, rote), causes of forgetting

J) attention and perception

Nature of attention, factors determining attention, nature of perception, principles of perceptual

grouping, illusions and hallucinations

K)intelligence

Definition, intelligence test their uses, how to test in standardized intelligence quotient, general
intelligence and special intelligence

L)personality
Definition, type approach and trait approach, measurement of personality, interview, questioner rating,
performance, projective methods, factors contributing towards, development of personalities( biological
and social)

4) COMPUTER AND BIOSTATISTICS

A) statistics

Questionnaire for use in planning, investigation, evolutionary report

Purpose and general method of investigation

Population and sampaling

Interpretation after an experiment

Probability(expectations, conditional, collecting, recording and examine)

Estimating population percentage from samples of frequency

Date on introduction to random process

Comparison of sample of frequency data

B) computer

Application, software and hardware, application in medicine, programming, etc.