2017/2018

2019/2020

DM270

MED/34 (PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE)

DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL-SURGICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND PEDIATRIC SCIENCES

ORTHOPAEDICS TECHNIQUES

PERCORSO COMUNE

3°

1st semester (01/10/2019 - 24/01/2020)

4

32 lesson hours

Italian

WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST

NARDONE ANTONIO - 4 ECTS

The student must know the basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology and
biomechemistry.

Aim will be the understanding of the scientific basis of neural recovery
after a lesion, and of the plastic changes induced by exercise and
inactivity. The student will learn the neurological and biomechanical basis
of posture and balance control as well as their rehabilitation in ataxias. A
special emphasis will be given to the healthy effects of physical exercise
in the elderly and to the fall risk in the same population. Further, the
student will learn the clinical and instrumental basis of posture and gait
evaluation. The rehabilitation projects and programs of neurological
diseases will be described focusing on therapeutic exercise to reduce
disability through aerobic exercise, muscle strengthening and balance
and gait training.

Definition of impairment, disability,
handicap. WHO classification: ICIDH-1, ICIDH2 o ICF. Measurement of
impairment, disability, handicap. Definition of rehabilitation, rehabilitative
diagnosis, individual rehabilitative project and program, phases of
intervention. Rehabilitation team.
Posture and balance:
passive and active components of posture and balance control, neural
circuits. Physical exercise in the elderly. Immobilization syndrome in the
elderly. Falls in the elderly: risk factors and countermeasures. Clinical and
instrumental evaluation of balance and gait. Pathophysiology of
spasticity. Fatigue syndrome in oncology. Spinal lesions, brain injuries,
ataxias, myopathies, lower limb amputation, multiple sclerosis,Parkinson’s disease, peripheral neuropathies, motoneuron diseases: pathophysiology, evaluation,
rehabilitation.

The course is based on lectures given with PowerPoint presentations,
projected on screen and eventually integrated with workshops. Practice is
not part of the course.

1. Braddom RL, Buschbacher RM, Dumitru D. Medicina Fisica &
R i a b i l i t a z i o n e , D e l f i n o A n t o n i o E d i t o r e , R o m a, 2 0 0 5 .
2 .
h t t p : / / e m e d i c i n e . m e d s c a p e . c o m / r e h a b i l i t a t i o n 3 .
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/bookshelf/br.fcgi?book=physmedrehab.

Written exam made of 15 questions with multiple choice answers scored
from 0 to 30. Correction is made just after the test and immediately
communicated to the students.

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