Hello Joe,
You wrote: "What's the point of learning something if a) you never use it on
clinical placements ....."
your views may well be right about strength duration curves but I would
caution you to judge what you do on clinical placements as an undergraduate,
as comprehensive. if that is your impression, during for rude shock when you
graduate
Cheers,
Anna.
Anna Lee
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----- Original Message -----
From: "J. Moran H9801446" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2001 1:12 AM
Subject: Re: Strength Duration Curves
> Hi there, I`m a 3rd year student who qualifies (touch wood!) and the only
> contact we had with SD curves was as part of an 8week electrotherapy
module
> at the end of first year. Safe to say most if not all have us have
> forgotten their significance or indeed how to carry them out.
>
> It seems the only reason we did it was to please the tutors and to fulfil
> some sort of CSP criteria. What's the point of learning something if a)
you
> never use it on clinical placements and b) have no incentive to revise
what
> you've covered. I`m sure they're useful but that's the first time I`ve
> heard the name strength duration curve mentioned for over two years!!!!
>
> Joe Moran
>
> > ----------
> > From: Dara Meldrum[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> > Reply To: PHYSIO - for physiotherapists in education and practice
> > Sent: 14 May 2001 16:03
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Strength Duration Curves
> >
> > I have a question for any lecturers at PT undergraduate level.
> > Are strength duration curves (theory and practical application) still a
> > part
> > of undergraduate programs? It would appear to me that the newer
> > technologies
> > of EMG and nerve conduction studies have reduced the need for therapists
> > to
> > perform SD tests. Do any of you think it necessary that students are
able
> > to
> > perform S-D curves in the clinical environment or does a theoretical
> > knowledge of the principles of neuromuscular excitation and
interpretation
> > of the results of neurological investigations such as EMG and NCS
suffice?
> > Also I would be interested to know at what stage and as a part of which
> > module SD curves are taught (if they are!)
> > Regards
> > Dara Meldrum MSC. MISCP
> > Lecturer in Physiotherapy
> > School of Physiotherapy
> > Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
> > 123 St. Stephen's Green
> > Dublin 2
> > email: [log in to unmask]
> > http://www.rcsi.ie
> >
>
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