Nutrition in Physiotherapy (3cr)
Code: TH00BD89-3013
General information
- Enrollment
- 02.12.2025 - 31.12.2025
- Registration for introductions has not started yet.
- Timing
- 01.01.2026 - 31.12.2026
- The implementation has not yet started.
- Number of ECTS credits allocated
- 3 cr
- Unit
- Health and Well-being
- Campus
- Kupittaa Campus
- Teaching languages
- Finnish
- Seats
- 26 - 58
- Degree programmes
- Degree Programme in Physiotherapy
Unfortunately, no reservations were found for the realization Nutrition in Physiotherapy TH00BD89-3013. It's possible that the reservations have not yet been published or that the realization is intended to be completed independently.
Evaluation scale
H-5
Content scheduling
Opintojakso jakautuu kahteen osaa; 2 op toteutuu kevätlukukaudella ja 1 op syyslykykaudella
Objective
The student is able to
• desricbe the importance of nutrition in promoting health and treating diseases in populations of different ages,
• take advantage of nutrition-related knowledge in rehabilitation,
• support the client to make nutritional choices that support their ability to function by using Finnish nutrition recommendations,
• describe the basics of nutrition and nutrition physiology,
• describe the importance of nutrition in for example prevention of malnutrition and common diseases,
• identify the special nutritional needs related client’s diseases.
Content
Nutritionally recommended diet for health promotion and prevention of parental diseases and malnutrition, nutrition and diseases, nutrition and clients in different ages.
Qualifications
No preceding knowledge