32207 - Seminar 2 (IM)

Academic Year 2025/2026

  • Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
  • Campus: Bologna
  • Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (cod. 8476)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module the student possesses the knowledge and ability to understand the main pathologies of medical-sports interest, the adaptations induced by the practice of physical exercise, the instrumental diagnostic aspects, the functional evaluation and the specific physiotherapy treatment.

Course contents

MUSCULAR INJURIES IN ATHLETES AND THEIR CLASSIFICATION;

BURSITIS, TENDINITIS, AND POSSIBLE OSTEOARTICULAR IMPLICATIONS IN ATHLETES;

SHOULDER PATHOLOGIES AND TYPES OF INSTABILITY;

KNEE PATHOLOGIES;

THE PATHOLOGIES OF THE HIP;

ANKLE AND FOOT PATHOLOGIES.

RECOMMENDED PHYSIOTHERAPY TECHNIQUES;

NEUROMUSCULAR TAPING IN SPORT: FROM THEORY TO PRACTICE;

THE TRIGGER POINTS TECHNIQUE IN SPORTSMEN;


CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHIES: THEORY AND PRACTICE.

Readings/Bibliography


BLOW, D. - TAPING NEUROMUSCOLARE DALLA TEORIA ALLA PRATICA - Edizione EDI-ERMES, MILANO, 2012.

BROTZMAN, M.D., WILK, P.T. - LA RIABILITAZIONE IN ORTOPEDIA - 2° Edizione EXCERPTA MEDICA, MILANO, 2003.

CARUBELLI, C., MEINECKE, C. - RIABILITAZIONE ORTOPEDICA - Edizione EDI-ERMES, MILANO, 2009.

COOK, C.E., HEGEDUS, E.J. - TEST CLINICI E FUNZIONALI IN ORTOPEDIA. UN APPROCCIO BASATO SULL'EVIDENZA - Edizione PICCIN, PADOVA, 2014.

DANOWSKI, R.G. , CHANUSSOT, J.C. - TRAUMATOLOGIA DELLO SPORT - 2° Edizione  MASSON, MILANO, 2000.

DONNELLY, J.M. - MYOFASCIAL PAIN AND DYSFUNCTION. THE TRIGGER POINT MANUAL - 3° Edizione WOLTERS KLUWER, 2019.

FERRARIO, A. , MONTI, G.B., JELMONI, G.P. - TRAUMATOLOGIA DELLO SPORT (CLINICA E TERAPIA) - Edizione EDI-ERMES, MILANO, 2005.

GIANNINI, S., FALDINI, C. - MANUALE DI ORTOPEDIA E TRAUMATOLOGIA - Edizione MINERVA MEDICA, TORINO, 2008.

NIEL-ASHER, S. - TRIGGER POINT GUIDA PRATICA - Edizione EDI-ERMES, MILANO, 2007.

PASQUETTI, P., MASCHERINI, V. - RIABLITARE L'ATLETA INFORTUNATO FISIOTERAPIA E TECNICHE DI RECUPERO MOTORIO - 2°Edizione EDI-ERMES, MILANO, 2007.

KISNER, C., COLBY, L.A., BORSTAD, J. - ESERCIZIO TERAPEUTICO FONDAMENTI E TECNICHE - 4° Edizione PICCIN, PADOVA, 2019.

WIRHED, R. - ANATOMIA DEL MOVIMENTO E ABILITA' ATLETICA - Edizione EDI-ERMES, MILANO, 1999.

Teaching methods

12 hours of Frontals Lessons,

12 hours of Practical Activity in small groups, with a real or simulated clinical case; practical exercise for both the application of neuromuscular tape and trigger points applications, as well as, other recommended physiotherapy intervention methods.

Assessment methods

The test is evaluated through a judgment of suitability.

The evaluation of the student relating to the teaching verifies the acquisition of the knowledge and skills transmitted.

Considering the practical activity carried out in class and the practical and oral exam lasting an average of 20 minutes. The student is presented with a clinical case, affected by a sports pathology, in a given phase of the rehabilitation process.

In presenting the case, both in class and during the exam, the following will be taken into consideration:

- the theoretical knowledge of the pathology presented;

- the student's clinical reasoning;

- the therapeutic objectives;

- the therapeutic proposals relevant to the rehabilitation phase.

Teaching tools

PC, SLIDES, VIDEO, FILMS.

 

GENERAL INFORMATION: for students with learning disabilities, please contact the relevant teacher or the degree course coordinators privately, that is to say,

“ the students with learning disorders and\or temporary or permanent disabilities: please, contact the office responsible HTTPS:/site.unibo.it/studenti-con-disabilita-e-dsa/en/for-studentsas soon as possible so that they can propose acceptable adjustments. The request for adaptation must be submitted in advance (15 days before the exam date) to the lecturer, who will assess the appropriateness of the adjustments, taking into account the teaching objectives.”

Links to further information

https://www.unibo.it/sitoweb/emanuela.ottaviani2/didattica/programma/2025/319573

Office hours

See the website of Maria Emanuela Ottaviani