Courses taught in the Faculty of Medicine:
- Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation – for students in Medicine (Bulgarian- and English-language programmes)
- Physiotherapy – for students in Nursing (Bachelor’s degree)
- Physiotherapy – for students in Midwifery (Bachelor’s degree)
Courses taught in the Faculty of Public Health:
- Kinesitherapy – Fundamentals and Means
- Functional Diagnostics of the Musculoskeletal System
- Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System
- Medical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy in Orthopaedics and Traumatology
- Medical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy in Neurology
- Medical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy in Internal Diseases
- Medical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy in Paediatrics
- Medical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy in Surgery, Obstetrics, and Gynaecology
- Occupational Therapy for Injuries and Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System, Central and Peripheral Nervous System, and for Geriatric and Paediatric Conditions and Dysfunctions
- Therapeutic Massage
- Fundamentals of Functional Assessment in Medical Rehabilitation and Occupational Therapy
- Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation for Injuries and Disorders of the Musculoskeletal System, CNS, and PNS
- Clinical and Practical Training in Kinesitherapy, Therapeutic Massage, Occupational Therapy, and Physical Therapy
Main Research Areas of the Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation, Occupational Therapy and Sports
- Development and validation of contemporary therapeutic approaches for the treatment of musculoskeletal and neuromuscular dysfunctions in the rehabilitation of socially significant diseases.
- Modernisation and implementation of advanced methods for functional diagnostics, rehabilitation, and prevention of pathological and preclinical conditions of the musculoskeletal and central and peripheral nervous systems.
- Highly specialised rehabilitation techniques following arthroscopic interventions on large and small joints of the musculoskeletal system.
- Manual therapy for joint dysfunctions of the musculoskeletal system.
- Application and implementation of advanced therapeutic techniques for the treatment and prevention of soft-tissue dysfunctions and preclinical musculoskeletal conditions.
- Habilitation and rehabilitation in congenital and acquired paediatric pathologies.
- Neurorehabilitation for socially significant and rare diseases.
Textbooks and Teaching Aids Published by the Academic Staff of the Department
- Fundamentals of Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation, 2nd revised and expanded edition
- Fundamentals of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation (including Occupational Therapy and Medical SPA), 2011
- Algorithms for Physical Prevention, Therapy, and Rehabilitation of Common and Socially Significant Diseases, 2nd revised and expanded edition, 2007
- Modern Methods of Neurorehabilitation, 2nd revised and expanded edition
- Principles of Modern Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, 2007
- Repetitorium Physiotherapeuticum (Basic Principles of Modern Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine), 2006
- Physiotherapy for Soft-Tissue Injuries of the Knee Complex
- Fundamentals of Musculoskeletal Rehabilitation
- Kinesitherapy and Occupational Therapy after Upper Limb Injuries
