2020/2021

2021/2022

DM270

MED/34 (PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE)

DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL-SURGICAL, DIAGNOSTIC AND PEDIATRIC SCIENCES

PHYSIOTHERAPY

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

2nd semester (01/03/2022 - 17/06/2022)

3

24 lesson hours

Italian

WRITTEN TEST

NARDONE ANTONIO (titolare) - 3 ECTS

The student must know the basis of anatomy, physiology and biochemistry.

Aim of the course will be the understanding of the scientific basis of neural recovery after a disease or a traumatic lesion, and of the plastic changes induced by exercise and inactivity. The student will learn the basis of physical exercise to reduce age-related disability. The rehabilitation projects and
programs of some neurologic, rheumatic and orthopedic diseases will be described, focusing on therapeutic exercise to reduce disability through aerobic exercise, muscle strengthening as well as balance and gait training.

Scientific basis of therapeutic exercise. Stroke, peripheral neuropathies, Guillain-Barré syndrome, rheumatic diseases, diseases and trauma of
locomotor apparatus: principles of pathophysiology, evaluation and rehabilitation. Immobilization syndrome. Clinical scales of balance and
gait. Most frequently used orthoses.

The course is based on lectures given with PowerPoint presentations, projected on screen. 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. Only one possible answer is correct. Total score ranges from 0 to 30. Correction is made just after the test and immediately communicated to the students.

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