MOTOR SCIENCE APPLIED CLINICAL STUDIES
CHILD NEUROPSYCHIATRY (1 credits) | RHEUMATOLOGY (1 credits) |
PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY (0 credits) | GYNECOLOGY AND OBSTETRICS (0 credits) |
CUTANEOUS AND VENEREAL DISEASES (1 credits) | GEN.-SPEC. PEDIATRICS (1 credits) |
INTERNAL MEDICINE (1 credits) |
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Aims of the CourseKnowledge of the main diseases observed in the sports field concerning Internal Medicine (Endocrine, Metabolic, Nutritional, Osteoarticular and Rheumatological Diseases) e Specialist Medicine (Cardiological, Dermatological, Gynecological and Child Neuropsychiatry Diseases) and related anatomopathological aspects.
Prerequisites
Basic knowledge of anatomy, physiology and biochemistry
Course contents summary
Prof. Giuseppe Magna ti
Energetic and non-energetic nutritional principles.
Food intake control. Hunger and Satiety.
Nerve centres and routes. Eating behaviour disorders (EBD).
Nutritional requirements. Caloric intake requirements. Nutrition in the various phases of life
and during illness. Nutrition in sport.
Prof. Vittorio Coiro
Liver and kidney stone disease.
Respiratory rehabilitation at the thermal spa.
Prof. Daniele Costi
Bone quality.
Physical activity and bone mass in the various phases of life.
Physical activity in the elderly.
Physical activity protocol in osteoporotic patients.
Prof. Giovanni Passeri
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DEXA evaluation of mineral, muscle and fat content.
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Calcium and mineral waters in osteoporosis prevention.
Prof. Domenico CORRADI
Bone macroscopic and microscopic anatomy overview.
Non tumoural bone diseases.
Tumoural bone diseases.
Classification of bone tumours sec. la WHO.
Overview of the main bone tumours.
Skeletal muscle macroscopic and microscopic anatomy overview.
Non neoplastic diseases of the skeletal muscle.
Neurogenic atrophies: overview.
Diseases of the neuromuscular function: overview, myasthenia gravis.
Primary myopathic disorders.
Sudden death of young athletes.
Prof. Alessandro Grignaffini
Cerebral palsy, aspects of obstetric interest:
Labour as a potentially stressful event for the foetus ? foetal vulnerability;
Hypoxia-ischemia;
Risk factors.
Prof. Francesco PISANI
Main steps of neuromotor development.
Infantile cerebral palsy.
Neuromuscular diseases in developmental age.
Paroxystic manifestations.
Hyperactivity and attention lability/deficit syndrome.
Anxiety disorders.
Infantile depression.
Prof. Walter TROISE RIODA
Classification of Rheumatic Diseases.
Inflammatory arthropathies (epidemiology, etiopathogenesis and clinical pictures)
Polymyalgia Rheumatica.
Osteoarthrosis (epidemiology, etiopathogenesis, clinical pictures).
Microcrystalline Arthropathies (epidemiology, etiopathogenesis and clinical pictures).
Extra-articular rheumatism (epidemiology, etiopathogenesis and clinical pictures).
Pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatment of arthrorheumatic diseases.
Prof. Umberto SQUARCIA
Heart structure in children and young adults.
Cardiocirculatory function principles.
Risks and benefits of motor activity in young people.
Fitness for competitive sports.
Main causes of syncope or cardiac arrest during motor activity.
Fundamental elements of cardiorespiratory resuscitation.
Prof. Alfredo ZUCCHI
Skin anatomy and physiology.
Outline of the most common dermatologic diseases.
Viral dermatological diseases (warts, condylomas, molluscum contagiosum).
Bacterial dermatological diseases (intertrigo, erythrasma, pyodermatitis, folliculitis, erysipelas).
Mycotic dermatological diseases (candidiasis, dermatophytosis).
Nail diseases.
Recommended readings
Recommended texts
Medicina Interna Sistematica. C. Rugarli, M ASSON Ed., Milano.
Nutrizione Clinica, G.Magnati e coll., EdiSES Ed., Napoli.
Le basi patologiche delle malattie. Robbins e coll., Elsevier Ed.
Manuale di Dermatologia. T. Cainelli e coll., McGraw-Hill Ed.
Malattie Reumatiche. S. Todesco McGraw-Hill Ed.
Manuale di Neuropsichiatria Infantile. M. De Negri, Piccin Ed.
Teaching methods
Oral lessons and interactive learning activities in small groups:
Oral examination.