INSTRUMENTAL PHYSIOTHERAPY
cod. 15975

Academic year 2007/08
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Scienze infermieristiche e tecniche neuro-psichiatriche e riabilitative (MED/48)
Field
Scienze fisioterapiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
36 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
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Course unit divided into the following partitions:

Integrated course unit module: REHABILITATION OF VISCERAL DISABILITY

Learning objectives

Provide the necessary theoretical/practical knowledge for the involvement of the students in rehabilitative facilities<br />

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Course unit content

<br />Introduction to the isokinetic machine<br />?         Principles and differences between the various existing systems<br />?        When to use the isokinetic machine<br />?         How to use the isokinetic machine (practical test with the equipment)<br />?        Isokinetic exercise during rehabilitation<br />?        Rehabilitation protocols for different diseases of athletes<br />?        Stabilometric platform (Computerised Stabilo-Posturometry), what it studies and how it functions<br />?        The use of the stabilometric platform as an evaluative tool <br />?        Rehabilitation through computerised stabilometry<br />?        ElITe, Elaboration of television images: its role in rehabilitation<br />?         Elements comprising a walking laboratory<br />?        Research using ElITe: examination of analysis of walking, technology and methodology, diagnosis and recovery of motor disorders, posture and equilibrium, analysis of sports movement<br />?        Comparison of methods and their application to rehabilitation<br />?        Strengths and weakness of the equipment examined<br />?        Pain: assessment tools<br />?         Localisation and characterisation<br />?        Functional evaluation and pain treatment

Full programme

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Bibliography

Analisi del movimento<br />AUTHORS:  Jacquelin Perry<br />ISBN 88-85675-72-7<br />Edition: 2005<br />Pages: 430<br />Publisher: Elsevier<br /><br />Lecture notes provided by the professor<br />

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