PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
cod. 21449

Academic year 2009/10
5° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Medicina fisica e riabilitativa (MED/34)
Field
Discipline neurologiche
Type of training activity
Characterising
4 hours
of face-to-face activities
0.5 credits
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course unit
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Integrated course unit module: NEUROLOGY

Learning objectives

Aim of this course is to provide students with basic knowledge of physiotherapy evaluation and of rehabilitation programmes for neurological pathologies.

Prerequisites

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Physics Laws <br />
Human Anatomy <br />
Physiology <br />

Course unit content

PRINCIPLES OF PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION <br />
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Techniques of movement re-education <br />
Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitations <br />
Ergoterapy <br />
The Hypokinetic Syndrome <br />
Team in Rehabilitation: Doctors, Nurses, Physiotherapists, Occupational therapists, Logopedists, Social workers, Psychologists, Orthopaedic Technicians <br />
Rehabilitative Programme: Evaluation, Planning, Treatment, Measurement, Short and Long Term Targets <br />
Scale of Activity of daily life ( A.D.L. ) <br />
Barthel Index and Measurement of Functional Independence ( F.I.M. ) <br />
Scale of handicap <br />
Rehabilitative approach after stroke <br />
Principles of rehabilitations in cerebral lesions <br />
Gait Analysis in Rehabilitative Medicine <br />

Full programme

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Bibliography

G. Megna: " Manuale di Riabilitazione "  Editeam  s.a.s.

Teaching methods

<br />oral lesson<br />oral examination

Assessment methods and criteria

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Other information

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