- Docente: Elisabetta Mattei
- Credits: 2
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (cod. 8476)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the lessons the student will have the ability to apply knowledge and understanding about the main physiotherapy methods used in neurology and will be able to evaluate and set up a treatment plan for them.
Course contents
The course will illustrate the Kabat method, the Bobath concept, Affolter concept and Perfett method for the treatment of the adult suffering from neurological disorders.
For each topic I will explain the:
Historical overview
Theoretical foundations
Application areas
Practical examples
Also hints will be made to:
- MENTAL PRACTICE
- MIRROR THERAPY
- CONSTRAINT THERAPY CIMT
- TRANSCRANICAL NEUROMODULATION
- MOTOR RELEARNING PROGRAMME
Readings/Bibliography
- Principles of neural science. Kandel - Schwartz - Jessell - Siegelbaum - Hudspeth, ed. CEA 2014
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Bobath Concept: Theory and Clinical Practice in Neurological Rehabilitation. Sue Raine, Linzi Meadows, Mary Lynch-Ellerington. Wiley-Blackwell. 2009
- Motor Control: translating Research into Clinical Practice, A. Shumway-Cook M.H. Woollacott, Fourth Edition 2012
- Il Concetto Bobath nella Neurologia dell’adulto, Bente E. Gjelsvik, ed. Verduci 2019
- Giuseppe Monari: "Facilitazioni neurocinetiche progressive". Edi-ermes 2004
- La Teoria Neurocognitiva secondo il Confronto tra Azioni
Volume I Piccin Editore 2021
Teaching methods
Frontal lessons,
Exercises and simulation between the participants.
Assessment methods
The assessment of learning is structured in two distinct moments:
- a first written test lasting 1 hour, including 3 open questions.
- a second practical test has the purpose of evaluating the adequate learning of manual skills.
Teaching tools
Computer and video projector, blackboard.
Office hours
See the website of Elisabetta Mattei