39166 - Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in Paediatrics (IM)

Academic Year 2019/2020

  • Docente: Sandra China
  • 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 student has the knowledge and ability to understand the patterns of abnormal movements, the budget neurological, motor, and sensory function in the main developmental disorders.

Course contents

1. ICF CHILDREN AND YOUTH
2. MOTOR DEVELOPMENT The development of the global motor skills: the evolution of the posture, the spontaneous motility of patterns pre-locomotives and the path. The evolution of the understanding and manipulation. The evolution of visual functions. Motor development and cognitive development. Motor development and environmental interaction.
3. AND PREMATURE BABY AT RISK
Valuation approach of premature and newborn at risk.
Neurological examination.
The "care" of the preterm in Neonatal Intensive Care.
The respiratory problems.
4. CEREBRAL PALSY
Definition of Cerebral Palsy child (PCI).
Classification of P.C.I. According to various authors (Hagberg, Milani Comparetti, Bobath; Bottos, Ferrari), early diagnosis and prediction
5. Paralysis MIDWIVES
Clinical diagnosis.
Physical examination and treatment.
6. NEUROMUSCULAR DISEASES
Clinical diagnosis.
Physical examination and treatment
7. PLUG BIFIDA
Clinical diagnosis.
Physical examination and treatment

Readings/Bibliography

Bertozzi L., L. Montanari, Morra I. "Architecture of functions - The neuromotor development of the child between normality and pathology" Ed. Springer
Brazelton "Rating scale behavior of the newborn" Ed. Ambrosiana
Prechtl- Beitema "Neurological examination of the infant to term" Ed. Ambrosiana
Egan, Illingworth, Mac Keith "Examination of developmental screening from 0 to 5 years" Ed.Ambrosiana
Bobath "The development in the different types of cerebral palsy Infantile" Ed. Ghedini
M. Bottos "Cerebral palsy child: early detection and timely treatment" Ed. Ghedini
A. Brazelton "The scale of assessment of the behavior of the newborn" Ed. Masson
H. Prechtl D. Baitema "Neurological examination of the infant to term" Ed. Ambrosiana
F. De Franco "Introduction to child neurology" Ed. Piccin
B. Touwen "The examination of the child with minor neurological dysfunction" Ed. Ambrosiana

Teaching methods

lectures and observations using movies

Assessment methods

The assessment of the learning takes place through an oral exam carried out in pairs of students, lasting about 15 minutes per student. The exam includes a question on the first part of the program (healthy child) and one on the second part of the program (child with pathology). The interview aims to evaluate the critical skills acquired by the student. The achievement by the student of an organic vision of the topics dealt with in class will be positively evaluated.

Teaching tools

PC, video projector and TV

Office hours

See the website of Sandra China