To provide all students priciples of anatomy, phisiology and neurological diseases;
to provide students diagnostic and therapeutic findings of main neurological diseaes
To discuss neurological diseases based on ICF (International classification of functioning)
The course aims at providing students with the knowledge of the methodology of observation, evaluation and rehabilitation treatment of elderly patients, with special attention to the most frequent pathologies and the presence of comorbidities. At the end of the course the students will have to know what goals it is possible reach by rehabilitation in elderly patients and know the tools to reach them, they will have to be able to plan and perform preventive and rehabilitative interventions.
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
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.
1) Pinelli P. "Neurologia - Principi di diagnostica e Terapia" casa editrice Ambrosiana
2) Bradley and Daroff: "Handbook of Clinical Neurology" casa editrice Springer