- Docente: Pietro Fornasari
- Credits: 2
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (cod. 8476)
Learning outcomes
Knowledge and outcomes
After completing this module the student will possess the knowledge and ability to understand the rheumatologic diseases amenable to physioterapic treatment, identifying preventive and rehabilitative needs of the subject through the evaluation of clinical data.
Course contents
- The frailty of elderly
- The Project and rehabilitative program in elderly patients
- Immobilization syndrome in the elderly
- Project-Program of the patient amputate of lower limb
- The Rehabilitation strategies for patient amputate of lower limb
- Types of lower limb prosthesis: basics
- Osteoporosis
- The backpain in elderly patients
- Rehabilitative aspects in major reumathological disorders: Osteoarthritis, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis
Teaching methods
Lectures, case presentations.
Assessment methods
Written examination with open questions regarding the topics of the study program
Teaching tools
Presentation to the PC
Office hours
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