- Docente: Alessandro Lanna
- Credits: 2
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (cod. 8476)
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student learns the necessary knowledge to the manual lymphatic drainage practice and he is able to make the basic manualities of it through simulated activities.
Course contents
- The lymphatic circulation:
• lymphatic pathways
• localization of lymph nodes
- From physiology to pathology:
• the Starling balance
• local and diffuse edema
• lymphedema: clinical staging and type of lymphedema (lymphostatic and lymphodinamic)
- Effects of Manual Lymphatic Drainage (MLD)
- Indications and contraindications of the MLD
- MLD Practice:
• Evaluation and palpation of lymph nodes
• The qualitative and quantitative evaluation of edema:
- differences between lymphedema and edema of vascular origin
- measurement techniques of limbs lymphedematosis
• General information on the practice of MLD
• The manualities of the MLD
• The treatment of patients with post-mastectomy lymphedema
Readings/Bibliography
1. Wittlinger H, Wittlinger G. Introduzione al Linfodrenaggio Manuale secondo Vodder. Vol. 1: Corso base (1° ed. italiana). Roma: Marrapese, 1983.
2. Kurz I. Introduzione al Linfodrenaggio Manuale secondo Vodder. Vol. 2: Terapia I (1° ed. italiana). Roma: Marrapese, 1983.
3. Kurz I. Introduzione al Linfodrenaggio Manuale secondo Vodder. Vol. 3: Terapia II (1° ed. italiana). Roma: Marrapese, 1983.
Teaching methods
Lectures and practical exercises.
Assessment methods
Written exam: test with multiple-choice questions
Teaching tools
Lectures: PC, projector
Practical exercises: physiotherapy tables
Lectures slides supplied by the teacher
Office hours
See the website of Alessandro Lanna