- Docente: Silva Pedrizzi
- Credits: 1
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (cod. 8476)
Learning outcomes
After completing this module the student will have the ability to apply knowledge and understanding on the neuropsychological and behavioral disorders related to CNS diseases in particular in the patient with stroke. He knows the general concepts of clinical neuropsychology and physiotherapic implications of neuropsychological disorders, as well as the goals of rehabilitation and the recovery process.
Course contents
Neuropsychology and Rehabilitation
- Cognitive functions: general concepts of neuropsychology (definition, history) and basics of neuropsychological rehabilitation.
- Language and communication: the communication system. The aphasia: epidemiology, classification, characteristics of different syndromes, rehabilitation prognosis, rehabilitative approach, basics of rehabilitation. Case presentations.
- The visual-spatial skills: Unilateral spatial Neglect, epidemiology, clinical presentation, signs and functional impact, rehabilitation. Case presentations.
- The apraxia: description of the apraxic disorders. Outline of rehabilitation and case presentations.
- The language disorders in head trauma.
Readings/Bibliography
"La riabilitazione neuropsicologica : premesse teoriche e applicazioni cliniche" a cura di Anna Mazzucchi 2012
"La riabilitazione neuropsicologica" a cura di G. Vallar, A. Cantagallo, S. Cappa, P. Zoccolotti Springer 2011
SPINNLER H. e TOGNONI G. “.Standardizzazione e taratura italiana di Test Neuropsicologici” The Italian Journal of Neurological Sciences 1987;Suppl. 8
Teaching methods
Lectures, screenings comment
Assessment methods
Written exam
Teaching tools
PC, projector
Office hours
See the website of Silva Pedrizzi