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METODOLOGIA DELLA RIABILITAZIONE NELL'ADULTO E NELL'ANZIANO

Teaching Staff

RITA BELLA - Module RIABILITAZIONE NEUROPSICOLOGICA - MED/26 - 2 CFU
FRANCESCO PATTI - Module MEDICINA FISICA E RIABILITATIVA - MED/34 - 2 CFU
GIOVANNI LARCAN - Module METODOLOGIE E TECNICHE DI RIABILITAZIONE GERIATRICA - MED/48 - 2 CFU

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Detailed Course Content

• MEDICINA FISICA E RIABILITATIVA
  

  Anatomy and phisiology of central and peripheral nervous system

  Evaluation of disability and handicap

  Main Neurological Diseases of central peripheral nervous system

  Principles of Neurorehabilitation

  Orhosis and prosthetic devices

• METODOLOGIE E TECNICHE DI RIABILITAZIONE GERIATRICA
  

  Aging: general aspects.

  Theories of aging.

  Predisposing factors for the decrease or loss of self-sufficiency in an elderly patient.

  Assessment and rehabilitation prognosis of the elderly patient.

  The "fragile" elderly person

  THE MOST FREQUENT DISEASES IN GERIATRIC AGE

  Stroke.

  Parkinson's disease.

  Chronic Osteoarticular pain.

  Ischemic heart disease and heart failure.

  Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

  Cognitive decline and dementia.

  Immobilization syndrome.

  Bedsores.

  Fractures in the elderly.

  PREVENTION OF THE FALLS

  The falls in senile age.

  The assessment of the risk of falling in the elderly.

  The rehabilitation program for the prevention of fractures.

  Assistive devices for ambulation and postural management of the elderly patient.

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Textbook Information

• MEDICINA FISICA E RIABILITATIVA
  

  1) Pinelli P. "Neurologia - Principi di diagnostica e Terapia" casa editrice Ambrosiana

  2) Bradley and Daroff: "Handbook of Clinical Neurology" casa editrice Springer

• METODOLOGIE E TECNICHE DI RIABILITAZIONE GERIATRICA
  
  1. Baccini M., Bernabei R., Marchionni N., Paci M. - Riabilitare la persona anziana - Ed. Elsevier
  2. Carlo Cristini, Alessandro Porro, Marcello Cesa-Bianchi - Le capacità di recupero dell'anziano. Modelli, strumenti e interventi per i professionisti della salute – Franco Angeli Editore

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