39467 - Pathologies of the Upper Limb and Cervicodorsal Rachis

Academic Year 2019/2020

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Orthopaedics techniques (cod. 8483)

Learning outcomes

Basic knowledge regarding pathologies of the upper limb and cervicodorsal rachis.

Course contents

1. Anatomy, biomechanics and semeiotic of upper limb (shoulder and shoulder girdle, elbow, wrist and hand) 2. Rotator cuff tears 3. Proximal humerus fractures 4. Dislocations and Instability of the Shoulder 5. Shoulder Osteoarthritis 6. Pathology of the Elbow 7. Pathology of the wrist and the hand 8. Anatomy, biomechanics and semeiotic of the cervico-dorsal spine 9. Fractures / dislocations of the cervical spine 10. Osteoarthritis of the cervical spine 11. Tumors of the cervical spine

Readings/Bibliography

Manuale di Ortopedia e Traumatologia - di S. Giannini e C. Faldini (Edizioni Minerva Medica) + On-line published slides

Teaching methods

Frontal lectures

Assessment methods

Oral and/or written examination

Office hours

See the website of Giulio Maria Marcheggiani Muccioli