- Docente: Mirco Branchini
- Credits: 2
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (cod. 8476)
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course, the students will be able to apply knowledge and comprehension about the disease of the periferical nervous system (PNS) as well as degenerative disease of the first and second motor neuron that could have indications for a physical therapy treatment. The students will be able to evaluate the neurological disease and formulate rehabilitative hypotesis, then plan an intervention of physical therapy
Course contents
General elements of neuroanatomy of the PNS
- Clinical dates of the PNS disease and their pathogenesis
- Classification of PNS disease
- Instruments for a clinical diagnosis
- Electromyography; Intensity/time curve; Conduction velocity
- The clinical signs
- The observation of the patient: active movements, tonus, trofismus; principal osteondineus reflexes; sensibility tests
- The axonal regeneration
- Indications for a functional differential assessment
- Cranial nerves diseases: clinical aspects and treatment indication, in particular for 7th c.n.
- Cervical spine and brachial plexus diseases: -anatomy, miotomy, sclerotomy of cervical spine roots; -the thoracic outlet syndrome; -palpation, clinical tests and osteotentineus reflexes of the principal cervical nerves
- Lumbar spine and lumbar and sacral plexus diseases: -anatomy, miotomy, sclerotomy of lumbar and sacral spine roots; -palpation, clinical tests and osteotentineus reflexes of the principal lumbar and sacral nerves
- dismetabolic neuropathy: the Guillan barrè syndrome: etiopathogenesis, clinical aspects and rehabilitative treatment with indications for physiotherapy
- Ereditary and degenerative neuropaty: Charcot Marie Tooth; Dejerine Sottas: etiopathogenesis, clinical aspects and rehabilitative treatment with indications for physiotherapy
- Viral neuropathy: Poliomyelitis: etiopathogenesis, clinical aspects and rehabilitative treatment with indications for physiotherapy
- other degenertive disease: Amyotrophyc Lateral Sclerosis: etiopathogenesis, clinical aspects and rehabilitative treatment with indications for physiotherapy
- Assessement indications for the patient with PNS disease
- Principal tecniques for an intervention of physiotherapy in PNS disease
Readings/Bibliography
M.Prencipe "Peripheral Neuropathy" Lombardo
"Lumbosacral plexus and its nerves" Rorer scientific document
"Cervicobrachial plexus and its nerves" Rorer scientific document
S.Hoppenfield "Objective examination of locomotor system" Aulo Gaggi
Teaching methods
Will be provided: frontal lessons; practical lessons with interaction between students; discussions over videotaped clinical cases; treatment of patients realised by the teacher (if possible) in presence of the whole class.
The course will have a e-learning section, with Moodle platform, where students can get the slides and do a learning quiz.
Assessment methods
The evaluation will be the sum of the Moodle quiz score and of a practical examination, if both sufficient.
Teaching tools
Theorical lessons will be carried out in a classroom equiped with p.c. and projector; practical lessons will be carried out in a physiotherapy room equiped with tecnical beds. Will be conducted discussions about clinical cases (with PNS affections) videotaped during their treatment. If awailable, patients with PNS affections will be in the class for a treatment demonstration realised by the teacher.
In the last lesson all the students are required to report to the class a clinical case.
Office hours
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