ADULT REHABILITATION METHODOLOGIES

Adult Rehabilitation Methodologies
Functional bandaging:
-Materials, characteristics, bandaging criteria
-Upper limb bandaging
-Lower limb bandaging
Rehabilitation of muscular injuries
Physical/instrumental therapies
Rehabilitation programmes
Hydrokinesitherapy
The physical properties of water
Characteristics of movement in water
Therapeutic effects
Indications and contraindications
Rehabilitation treatment of the osteoporotic patient
The correct rehabiltatiive approach to conflictual syndromes of the shoulder
(subacromial conflict, glenohumeral conflict, secondary conflicts )
Clinical-rehabilitation classification of lumbago and lumbar ischialgia and
Clinical-rehabilitation classification of distortion trauma of the cervical rachis
Clinical-rehabilitation classification of knee disorders
New rehabiltatiive approach to the effects of distortion traumas of the tibial-tarsal joint

Methodologies of Clinical Research in Rehabilitation Medicine (Prof. Cosimo - Internet &nb! sp; &n bsp; O.P.A.C. &nbs! p; &nb sp; MultiO.P.A.C. Electronic catalogues &n! bsp; & amp;nbsp; Web Sites ! &nbs p; Pub Med Evidence Based Medicine

Occupational therapy
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Definition of Occupational Therapy at international level: the profile of the physiotherapist and the occupational therapist in Italy., ICIDH 2, ICF, definition of the concept of autonomy as regards dressing, self-care, eating and drinking: demonstration through video cassettes of clinical cases, instruments, facilitating settings. Problem solving, methods of analysis, procedure of the three phases. The aids: international classification, selection criteria, methods of analysis. The wheelchair: technical aspects and criteria for customised prescriptions. Splints: construction and prescription criteria in the various diseases. Rheumatoid arthritis and joint economy. Group work on two clinical cases with a view to defining a rehabilitation plan. Posture and anti-decubitus systems: technical characteristics and the physiotherapist’s selection criteria

Principles of Manual Therapy.

Clinical Reasoning Strategies in Physiotherapy

General considerations, epidemiology and etiology of diseases and disorders of the rachis. Surface and palpatory anatomy of the rachis

Posture and motor control

Pain-producing mechanisms in disorders of the rachis

The principles and concepts of Functional Assessment. The importance of the Medical Record

The complete examination of the Rachis:

The Medical History

Observation/inspection

Myotome and dermatome tests

Special Tests

Functional assessment (with assessment sheet)

Physical Examination

of active movements

of passive physiological movements

of passive accessory movements or joint play movements

of the muscular structures of the rachis

of the peripheral nervous structures (neurodynamic tests)

Palpatory examination

Methods of rehabilitation therapy for the rachis:

Treatment through Manual Therapy (joint mobilisation, neuromuscular relaxation, mobilisation of the nervous system)

Treatment through specific assisted therapeutic exercises (for the rehabilitation of motor control)

Self-treatment

Pain control

Principles of the proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation approach

-treatment philosophy according to the P.N.F. approach

-principles of treatment

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