TRAUMATOLOGIC AND RHEUMATOLOGIC REHABILITATION
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Acquisition of capacity to perform functional evaluation and physiotherapeutic treatment in the main traumatological and rheumatological orthopedic pathologies
Prerequisites
Locomotor apparatus anatomy
Kinesiology locomotor apparatus
Course contents summary
Rehabilitation of major traumatic and degenerative orthopedic diseases and Rehabilitation of the main rheumatological diseases: Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid arthritis, Osteoporosis, Arthrosis
Course contents
Functional evaluation and differential diagnosis of the orthopedic patient. Evaluation and physiotherapy treatment in case of muscle and tendon injuries, painful shoulder, elbow and wrist trauma, epicondylitis and epitrocleitis, carpal tunnel sdr, patellar femoris pain, lesion and LCA, LCP, LCL, LCM, Menischi, lesions in the ankle and foot. Rehabilitation of the main rheumatological diseases: Fibromyalgia, Rheumatoid arthritis, Osteoporosis, Arthrosis
Recommended readings
Teacher's lecture.
La riabilitazione in ortopedia, S. Brent Brotzman, Kevin E. Wilk, Elsevier srl, 2004.
Kinesiology of the Musculoskeletal System: Foundations for Rehabilitation, Donald A. Neumann
Edizione 3, Elsevier, 2016
Teaching methods
Lectures and practical exercises
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral Examination
