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Neural Recovery and Repair After Neurological Injury

  • PTMT5605
  • Semester 1, Semester 2, non-standard teaching period (see Timetable)
  • 6 points
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This unit forms part of the Graduate Diploma in Neurological Rehabilitation which provides students with an opportunity to update theoretical knowledge and skills in the neurological rehabilitation of adults with acquired central and peripheral neurological disorders. The main focus of the unit is an overview of evidence that the adult central nervous system is capable of regeneration and reorganisation in response to injury and subsequent rehabilitation/experience. Recent developments in neuroimaging have allowed in vivo studies of central nervous system adaptation to injury and in response to specific training paradigms, and this has provided evidence for efficacy of many therapeutic... -- Course Website

Instructor: Professor Barbara Singer

Prerequisites: Applicants must hold a recognised bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy or must satisfy the Faculty that their level of clinical education and the duration and level of their professional physiotherapy experience are such that they have the potential to comp



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