- Docente: Elena Balestri
- Credits: 1
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (for certified professional physiotherapists) (cod. 0165)
Learning outcomes
The student needs to know the balance of subjects with clinical and functional pathologyof the cardio-respiratory system. Knowing the goals and know how to plan, schedule and implement a rehabilitation intervention in patients with cardiac-respiratory disease and /or undergoing surgery / transplant.
Course contents
the assessment that the problem oriented medical
record; subjective and objective evaluation of
the patient with breathing problems; Principles of
physiology which underlie the techniques of chest
physiotherapy
the cough
postural drainage
Forced expiration technique
ACBT
Airway clearence techniques using the positive
expiratory pressure
Autogenic drainage
ELTGOL
Airway clearence using machines
the upper respiratory tract
Outline of aerosol and oxygen therapy
Evaluation of chest wall
dyspnea
Evaluation of exercise tolerance
Special cases: the transplant patient, the surgical
patient, the patient with spine injuries, the patient
with cystic fibrosis, cardiac patients,
the pediatric patient, with neuromuscular disease
Assessment methods
oral examination
Teaching tools
PC and projector
Office hours
See the website of Elena Balestri