75303 - Manual Therapy - (RN)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module the student has the knowledge and the ability to understand the general principles of manual therapy. He develops the ability to perform a thorough assessment, design a treatment, and perform the necessary manual therapy techniques.

Course contents

Given the types of activities and teaching methods adopted, attendance at this training program requires all students to complete the specific health and safety training modules at the designated study/work placement locations, both online and in person.

Introduction to the Principles of Manual Therapy

Clinical Reasoning in Manual Therapy and Hypothesis Categories

Pain and Its Mechanisms

Cautions and Contraindications (Red Flag, Yellow Flag)

Movement (Grades/Diagram)

Assessment

Treatment

Recording of Outcome Measures

Differential Tests

Non-specific Low Back Pain

Clinical Assessment/Assessment/Treatment

Practice:

Assessment and treatment of the main areas of the spine, upper limb, and lower limb.

In collaboration and based on ongoing discussion with other instructors on the Integrated Course, to avoid overlap and repetition of content, we will introduce some basic and therapeutic neurodynamic assessment strategies.

Education for Sustainable Development Goals.

Health and well-being

Quality education

Gender equality

Reducing inequalities.

A questionnaire will be administered to assess student opinions on the teaching and services offered, via a dedicated portal, ensuring complete anonymity of responses.

Readings/Bibliography

Barbari V, Dalla Sciatica al mal di schiena. Guida alla gestione di sindromi radicolari, stenosi e low back pain, FisioScience, 2023.

Barbari, Rampone, Segato, Casi clinici in fisioterapia muscoloscheletrica. Guida al ragionamento clinico attraverso casi clinici, FisioScience, 2021.

Banks K, Hengeveld E. Manipolazioni periferiche di Maitland Quarta Edizione, Elsevier Masson, 2007.

Butler, D.S., Explain Pain, Noigroup Publications, 2003.

Butler, D.S., The Sensitive Nervous System, Noigroup Publications - 2000.

Butler, D.S., The Neurodynamic Techniques, Neuro Orthopedic Institute Australasia, First edition 2005 - Reprinted 2008, 2010.

Butler, D.S., Mobilizzazione del Sistema Nervoso, Masson, 2001.

Goodman, Snyder, Differential Diagnosis for Physical Therapists, Screening for Referral, Saunders Elsevier, 2007.

Greenhalgh, Sue, Selfe, James, Red Flags II, Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2010.

Greenhalgh, Sue, Selfe, James Red Flags, Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2006.

Jeffrey D Boyling, Gwendolyn A Jull, Grieve's Modern Manual Therapy, The vertebral columns, Elsevier - Reprinted 2009

Klinische Muster in der Manuellen Therapie, Thieme, 2011.

Shacklock, M Clinical Neurodynamics - A new system of musculoskeletal treatment, Elsevier, 2005.

Von Piekartz, H. J. M. Craniofacial Pain, Butterworth Heinemann Elsevier, 2007.

Von Piekartz, H. J. M. , Bryden, Lynn, Craniofacial Dysfunction & Pain,Butterworth Heinemann Elsevier - First published 2001, Reprinted 2006.

Teaching methods

Teaching methods of face-to-face lessons:

Passive and active didactic approaches will be alternated (Lectures, Practical Exercises, Problem Solving, Problem based learning, Simulations, Role playing, Clinical cases, Brainstorming, group work). Clinical cases.

All lessons will be held face to face, unless otherwise indicated by the Degree Council.

In consideration of the types of activities and teaching methods adopted, the frequency of this training activity requires all students to carry out specific training modules on safety and health in the study / work placements provided both electronically and in person.

Assessment methods

The exam will be practical.

The student will be given 3 practical techniques to perform.

The teacher will assign a score of 10 points to each of the 3 questions (based on student's position, patient positioning, grip, application of forces), thus allowing to reach the maximum score of 30 with honors.

The teacher may decide to increase the number of questions to be administered for a better precision of the evaluation.

The grade is entered on AlmaEsami the same day so that the Integrated Course coordinator can record it upon completion of all the required tests.

The contribution of the teaching evaluation to the final grade of the Integrated Course is defined and decided by the coordinator of the Integrated Course.

Students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible

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as soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.

Teaching tools

Laptops

Video projector

Whiteboard and markers

Skeleton

Physiotherapy beds

Other

Office hours

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