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PATOLOGIE DELL'APPARATO LOCOMOTORE E RIABILITAZIONE

Teaching Staff

SERGIO AVONDO - Module MALATTIE DELL'APPARATO LOCOMOTORE - MED/33 - 2 CFU
MATTEO CIONI - Module PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION - MED/34 - 2 CFU
TEACHER NOT YET ALLOCATED - Module SCIENZE TECNICHE MEDICHE APPLICATE - MED/50 - 2 CFU
GAETANO CIAFFAGLIONE - Module The Therapeutic Exercize - MED/48 - 2 CFU

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Detailed Course Content

• PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
  

  Physical examination of the patient (goniometry, measuring muscle strength, reflex activity and various measurements)
  Observational and instrumental gait analysis
  EBM Physical therapy: electrical stimulation (variable currents, TENS, etc ..)
  General principles of orthopedic rehabilitation
  Rehabilitation of the pathologies of the knee
  Rehabilitation of back pain
  Rehabilitation of the patient with osteoarthritis
  

• The Therapeutic Exercize
  

  1 . Principles of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation in Rheumatology

  - The Therapeutic Exercise : Fundamental Concepts

  - The range of motion (ROM)

  - Stretching for the mobility impaired

  - Principles of intervention: Injury, repair and tissue processing soft

  - Joints, connective tissue and bone disorders and treatment

  - Surgical procedures , treatment guidelines pre-and post -operative

  2 . Rehabilitation and Physiotherapy conservative and post-surgical pathologies major shoulder :

  a. Subacromial impingement syndrome , tendinitis and rotator cuff injuries

  b . Shoulder instability

  c . Shoulder arthroplasty

  3 . General principles of rehabilitation of the elbow

  a. Dislocation of the elbow

  b . Fractures of the radial head

  4 . General principles of rehabilitation of the hand and wrist trauma

  - Fractures of the distal radio

  - Osteoarthritis of the hand

  5 . Rehabilitation of the lower limb

  - Coxarthrosis

  - Hip Arthroplasty

  - Ligamentous injury and ACL reconstruction

  - Tendinitis and rupture of the Achilles tendon

  6 . Rehabilitation of the foot and ankle :

  - Sprains and ankle fractures

  7 . Rehabilitation in Rheumatology :

  - Clinical and rehabilitative approach Rheumatoid Arthritis

  - Osteoarthritis :

  a) Rehabilitation and conservative approach and post-surgery in osteoarthritis

  ( arthroplasty ) ;

  b ) Approach and Rehabilitation conservative and post -surgical treatment in knee OA ( knee prosthesis )

  8 . Rachialgia : clinical and rehabilitative approach

  a. cervical

  b . Low back pain

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Textbook Information

• PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION
  

  1) La riabilitazione in ortopedia, S. Brent Brotzman, Kevin E. Wilk, Elsevier, II ed. 2003.

  2) Nino Basaglia. Medicina Riabilitativa, Vol. IV. Idelson Gnocchi, II edizione

• The Therapeutic Exercize
  

  1 - De Giovannini – Il trattamento riabilitativo nelle lesioni traumatiche dell’arto inferiore ED. SBN

  2 - S. Brent Brotzman "Riabilitazione in ortopedia e traumatologia" UTET

  3 - S. Brent Brotzman – La Riabilitazione in ortopedia – Exceptra medica

  4 - L. Coppola, S. Masiero - Riabilitazione in Ortopedia – Piccin

  5 - “ La riabilitazione integrata delle malattie reumatiche ”, T. Nava, Ed. Masson

  6 - C.Kisner, L.A. Colby – L’esercizio Terapeutico (Principi e tecniche di Rieducazione Funzionale ) - Piccin

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