- 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. 8483)
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
Lifting and transfering systems
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fixed lifts
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mobile lifts
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systems to strengthen the muscles
- cycle ergometres.
- fitness equipment
- ADL aids
- system to overcome architectural obstacles
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mobile stairlifts
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fixed stairlifts
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ramps
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accessible furnishings
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domotic and IT aids
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brief neurological introduction to bladder control
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Continence aids
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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