2020/2021

2021/2022

DM270

MED/34 (PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE)

DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL-SURGICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND PEDIATRIC SCIENCES

PHYSIOTHERAPY

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

1st semester (04/10/2021 - 21/01/2022)

3

24 lesson hours

Italian

WRITTEN TEST

NARDONE ANTONIO (titolare) - 3 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.

Introduction to rehabilitation. Neuronal damage. Recovery and plasticity.
Motor learning. Postural control and its impairment. Falls in elderlies.
Ataxia. Multiple Sclerosis. Parkinson's Disease. Myopathies. Cancer-
Related Fatigue Syndrome. Pathophysiology and therapy of spasticity.
Spinal cord lesions. Severe brain injuries. Motoneurone diseases.

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.

Calogero Foti e Marco Monticone. Manuale di Medicina Fisica e
Riabilitativa. 2021 EDRA Spa, Milano

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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