Module PT3500-KP05

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Physiotherapy 2022, compulsory,
• Bachelor Physiotherapy 2018, compulsory,
• Bachelor Physiotherapy 2017, compulsory,
• Bachelor Physiotherapy 2016, compulsory,

Classes and lectures:

• pain therapy and palliative treatment (exercise, 2 SWS)
• pain therapy and palliative treatment (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 90 hours private studies
• 60 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Neurophysiology of pain
• Diagnosis and classification of pain
• Physiotherapeutic management of nociceptive, neuropathic and nociplastic symptoms
• Interprofessional collaboration in pain management
• Pain therapy and physiotherapeutic care for patients in intensive care or palliative care units
• Experimental pain paradigms
• Methods and questions of pain research

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students know the neurophysiological basics of acute and chronic pain.
• They can reflect on social aspects of pain patients and integrate them therapeutically.
• They can differentiate between nociceptive, neuropathic and nodisciplastic pain and develop appropriate physiotherapeutic interventions.
• They are familiar with assessments and examination methods to record structural and psychosocial aspects of pain.
• They know the role of physiotherapy in a multi-professional treatment team, e.g. in a daily pain clinic.
• They know the current evidence on pain mechanisms and pain therapy and are able to develop their own research questions.
• They understand the importance of experimental pain paradigms and can distinguish between them in terms of their mechanisms.

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. med. Carla Nau

Teacher:

• Institute of Health Sciences
• Prof. Dr. Kerstin Lüdtke
• Prof. Dr. Kerstin Lüdtke
• PD Dr. rer. hum. biol. Tibor Szikszay
• PhD Waclaw Adamzyk

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

12.02.2026