AUT - Physiotherapy Undergraduate Courses
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Physiotherapy Undergraduate Courses
What is physiotherapy?
Physiotherapists improve and restore human body movement and function, so a person can continue to participate in everyday activities. Body movement or function can be restricted by a number of factors:
- Age
- Injury
- Disability
- Disease
The scope of physiotherapists continues to grow, ranging from: health promotion; injury prevention and intervention; diagnosis; treatment and rehabilitation. Body movement and function include:
- neuromuscular (brain and nervous system)
- musculoskeletal (soft tissues, joints and bones)
- cardiovascular and respiratory systems (heart and lungs and associated physiology).
We offer the following undergraduate couse
Bachelor of Health Science (Physiotherapy)
Career opportunities
Physiotherapists must be registered with the Physiotherapy Board of New Zealand. Work environments and settings can range from hospitals, schools, rehabilitation units or private practice clinics in the form of;
- Acute trauma
- Cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
- Child health
- Community health
- Mental health
- Musculoskeletal therapy / orthopaedics
- Neurological rehabilitation
- Older adults' health
- Sports medicine
- Teaching and research
- Women's Health
Some physiotherapists set up and run their own private businesses autonomously or with other health care providers for inter professional patient care.