75303 - Manual Therapy - (IM)

Academic Year 2021/2022

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (cod. 8476)

Learning outcomes

The main goals of the course are to:

  • providethe knowledge of the general principles of manual therapy.
  • develop the ability to perform the clinical reasoning.
  • perform the assessment of the patient,
  • plan the treatment
  • know the main manual therapy techniques.

Course contents

Background og the Manual Therapy:

- what is the Manual Therapy?

- clinical reasoning

- core competence

Performe the assessment of the patient:

- anamesis

- red flags

- pain

- end feel

- joint play

Treatment plan:

- healing process

- manual techniques

- joint stablity

Teaching methods

Problem solving

Case study

Lecture

Assessment methods

Written exam by multiple choice (60 minutes).

Case study

The final score, out of thirty. The written exam is passed if the grade is at least 18/30

It is necessay the Alma Esami inscription.

Office hours

See the website of Mattia Morri