MOTOR CONTROL AND REHABILITATION
Stampa
Enrollment year
2019/2020
Academic year
2019/2020
Regulations
DM270
Academic discipline
ING-INF/06 (ELECTRONIC AND INFORMATION BIOENGINEERING)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL,COMPUTER AND BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING
Course
BIOENGINEERING
Curriculum
Sanita' digitale
Year of study
Period
2nd semester (02/03/2020 - 12/06/2020)
ECTS
9
Lesson hours
68 lesson hours
Language
Italian
Activity type
WRITTEN AND ORAL TEST
Teacher
RAMAT STEFANO (titolare) - 4 ECTS
SCHMID MICAELA - 5 ECTS
Prerequisites
Understanding of the course topics requires knowledge of basic concepts of human physiology and of some trasducers that are just partially recalled during the course.
Learning outcomes
L’obiettivo del corso è quello di fornire allo studente le conoscenze di base riguardanti: 1. la valutazione quantitativa del movimento e della postura; 2. la strumentazione comunemente impiegata nella valutazione funzionale del movimento e nella riabilitazione sensori-motoria; 3. i criteri di progettazione, di personalizzazione e di scelta di una protesi d’arto.
Al termine del corso, lo studente sarà in grado di definire e validare un protocollo riabilitativo che preveda l’utilizzo di nuove tecnologie o di recenti tecniche di analisi dei dati. Avrà inoltre acquisito gli elementi per poter affrontare i problemi riguardanti la selezione e la personalizzazione di protesi.
Course contents
Introduction to the course: rehabilitation technologies and their impact on health and society.
Motor functional evaluation: qualitative and quantitative functional evaluation scales.
Wearable instruments for quantitative motor functional evaluation.
Systems for kinematic movement analysis (stereo-photogrammetric system).
Systems for kinetic movement analysis (force platform, sensorized carpet) .
Gait analysis: data acquisition and processing for quantitative evaluations.
Quite and dynamic posture: postural control-models, data acquisition and processing for posturographic evaluations.
Surface electromyography signals: neurophysiological bases, acquisition and signals processing.
Laboratory for movement and posture analysis: integrated system for motion analysis (stereo-photogrammetric system, inertial systems, EMG, force platforms).
How to define and validate a rehabilitation protocol.

Upper and lower limb prostheses: classification and components.
Teaching methods
Lectures (hours/year in lecture theatre: 45) carried out by means of presentations (PowerPoint) projected on screen and insights using the chalkboard. During classes some devices or prosthesis components are shown.
Reccomended or required readings
Course slides.
• Cappello, A. Cappozzo, P.E. di Prampero (Eds), Bioingegneria della Postura e del Movimento, Patron Editore, Bologna, 2003.
• D. Popovic, T. Sinkjaer, Control of Movement for the Physically Disabled, Springer-Verlag, London, 2000.
• J.M. Winters, P.E. Cargo (Eds), Biomechanics and Neural Control of Posture and Movement, Springer-Verlag, New York, 2000.
• R. Seymour, Prosthetics and Orthotics Lower Limb and Spinal, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Baltimora, 2002.
Assessment methods
Written exam based on open questions relating to a specific topic, or a part thereof, in which the student must demonstrate not only that he has a good knowledge of the problem but he is also able to propose possible technical solutions. Each answer must be articulated and well argued. The student have to demonstrate that he is able to produce logical connections and critical analysis. Optionally, at the end of the course, the student can prepare a presentation evaluated from 0 to 4 points. The topic, not necessarily addressed in the course but pertinent, is decided in agreement with the Professor. The presentation, made in PowerPoint, must consider scientifically the subject chosen. The student's ability to review the scientific literature, to synthesize and to critically analyse the topic, is assessed.
Further information
Sustainable development goals - Agenda 2030