85381 - Physical Activity in Frailty and Disability

Learning outcomes

At the end of the course the students gain an understanding of: - the most frequent causes of FRAILITY in people living in community; - the main profiles of physical or cognitive disability; - the interactions between physical activity and functioning in frailty or impaired people.

Course contents

The course will comprehend five main learning modules, for a total of 18 hours, divided into 4 main learning modules.

Introduction to the course

Module A - Disability I:

• A1: Epidemiology of disability
• A2: Models of disability: an historical perspective
• A3: From ICIDH to ICF

Module B - Disability II

• B1: The Bio-Psycho-Social Model
• B2: ICF classification
• B3: Assessing, classifying, and quantifying disability
• B4: Lessen the impact of disability

Module C - Frailty

• C1: The frailty syndrome
• C2: Falls

Module D - Physical activity in frailty and disability

• D1: Physical activity
• D2: Physical activity in frailty and disability
• D3: Sport in disability

Readings/Bibliography

Reading materials and pdfs of the slides will be made available on the Virtuale platform

 

Teaching methods

On-line lectures. Homework on case studies.

Assessment methods

After the end of each module, an MCQ test will be performed on EOL. Thus, a total of 4 MCQ tests will be performed during the course and the marks obtained will concur to the final vote, along with a final MCQ test and the viva examination.

Thus, students attending the course are expected and strongly encouraged to keep their studying up to date with the course content.

During the introductory lecture detailed instructions on the MCQ test will be provided along with a simulation of the test.

Teaching tools

Slides. Reading materials. Individual and group exercises.

Office hours

See the website of Fabio La Porta