Enrollment year
2021/2022
Academic discipline
MED/34 (PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE)
Department
DEPARTMENT OF BRAIN AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
Course
NEUROPHYSIOPATHOLOGY TECHNIQUES
Curriculum
PERCORSO COMUNE
Period
2nd semester (01/03/2023 - 16/06/2023)
Lesson hours
16 lesson hours
Prerequisites
The student must know the basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology and biomechemistry.
Learning outcomes
Aim 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 neurologic 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.
Course contents
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.
Teaching methods
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.
Reccomended or required readings
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 05 .
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.
Assessment methods
Written exam made of 15 questions with multiple choice answers. Total score ranges from 0 to 30. Correction is made just after the test and immediately communicated to the students.
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