REHABILITATION OF CEREBRAL PALSY
Course unit partition: PARMA

Academic year 2008/09
2° year of course -
Professor
Academic discipline
Scienze infermieristiche e tecniche neuro-psichiatriche e riabilitative (MED/48)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Caratterizzante
10 hours
of face-to-face activities
0.6 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Course unit partition: REHABILITATION OF CEREBRAL PALSY

Learning objectives

Provide students with the theoretical tools necessary to tackle Infantile Cerebral Palsy from a rehabilitative point of view <br />
Increase the evaluation skills relative to observed clinical signs <br />
Enable students to recognise the signs of Infantile Cerebral Paralysis, to identify the related issues and to discuss with the professor any possible therapeutic solutions

Prerequisites

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ATTENDANCE OF THE INITIAL LECTURES OF PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY <br />
have attended some pediatric neurology lectures

Course unit content

<br />Criteria for the evaluation and treatment of Infantile Cerebral Palsy <br />
ICP: definition and general concepts, motor disorders, perceptual disorders, intentional disorders <br />
Clinical forms <br />
Recognising clinical signs, identifying rehabilitative issues, designing the rehabilitative project <br />
- Criteria for the evaluation and treatment of Infantile Cerebral Palsy <br />
- Infantile Cerebral Palsy: definition and general concepts, motor disorders, perceptual disorders, intentional disorders <br />
- Infantile Cerebral Palsy: clinical forms <br />
- Spastic forms <br />
- Dyskinetic forms <br />
- Ataxic forms <br />
- Recognising clinical signs, identifying rehabilitative issues, designing the rehabilitative project <br />
- Analysis of video recording 

Full programme

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Bibliography

lecture notes provided by the professor <br />
Recommended text Ferrari Cioni ' le forme spastiche della Paralisi Cerebrale Infantile' Springer

Teaching methods

classroom lectures <br />
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analysis of video recorded clinical cases <br />
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group discussion

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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