39183 - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Rheumathology and Geriatrics (BO)

Academic Year 2022/2023

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

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module the student has the ability to apply knowledge and understanding relating to geriatric and rheumatological pathologies susceptible to physio-kinesitherapy treatment, identifying the preventive and rehabilitative needs of the subject through the evaluation of clinical data.

Course contents

1.Project - rehabilitation program in the elderly patient

2. Immobilization syndrome in the elderly

3. Spine pain in the elderly

4. Osteoporosis

5. Project-program of the patient with lower limb amputee.

6. The rehabilitation strategies for the lower limb amputee patient

7. Types of lower limb prostheses: basic notions

8.- Rehabilitation aspects in the main rheumopathies: Arthrosis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis

9. Outlines of robotic rehabilitation and virtual reality

10. Graded Motor Imagery

Readings/Bibliography

Chinesiterapia: tecniche di ieri, oggi e domani, Timeo ed 2017

 

Fisioterapia: nuove tecnologie in Medicina Riabilitativa II ed, Minerva Med. 2017.

Teaching methods

Frontal lessons.

Assessment methods

Multiple choice quiz consisting of 30 questions with only one correct answer. One point will be awarded for each correct answer. The questionnaire aims to verify the student's knowledge of the topics proposed during the course of study.

Teaching tools

PC slides.

Office hours

See the website of Ernesto Andreoli