- Docente: Stefano Zaffagnini
- Credits: 4
- SSD: MED/33
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- 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 examination and/or Written test
Office hours
See the website of Stefano Zaffagnini