- Docente: Massimo Improta
- Credits: 2
- SSD: MED/50
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Orthopaedics Techniques (cod. 5915)
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from Apr 09, 2024 to May 14, 2024
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module, the student will possess the knowledge and skills necessary to manage and fit orthosis and specific aids for the relevant pathologies
Course contents
Course presentation
Brief introduction to neurology: the back bone and spinal cord.
Spinal cord injury: causes and effects
statistics regarding SCI and cranial trauma.
the classification of disabilities: from ICDH to ICF
Mobility aids:
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manual wheelchairs. Measurements and the position
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stand-up wheelchairs
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electronic wheelchairs
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auto-balancing systems (such as Segway)
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electrically propelled systems for manual wheelchair
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sport aids
Postural and antidecubitus systems
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Backrests
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Antidecubitus Cushions and Mattresses
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Special equiment for the car
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Special driving license
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Driving and transport aids
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General rules regarding the supply of aids from National Health System
Readings/Bibliography
- presentation slides
- scientific articles regarding mobility aids
- "guide to the aids" book
- viewing and comment some relevant websites of interest.
Teaching methods
- classroom teaching lessons and PC laboratory visits and excercises activities
Assessment methods
oral exam
Teaching tools
- Prosthesis Center Laboratory visits, in which the characteristics of the main aids referred to in the lessons, will be shown
- there could be the possibility to visit rehabilitation centers for SCI patients, to highlight the activities in post-acute phases of the trauma.
Office hours
See the website of Massimo Improta