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Health professions degree in
Physiotherapy
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

MUSCLE EXAMINATION
Course unit partition: PIACENZA

Academic year 2012/13
1° year of course - Second semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Scienze infermieristiche e tecniche neuro-psichiatriche e riabilitative (MED/48)
Field
Ambito aggregato per crediti di sede
Type of training activity
Caratterizzante
15 hours
of face-to-face activities
2 credits
hub: PIACENZA
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Course unit partition: MUSCLE EXAMINATION

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Learning objectives

By the end of the course students will have learnt about the basic notions of the muscles of the body and their functions.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

The course programme is provided at the first lesson and is the same in Parma (Prof. Corrado Melegari) and Piacenza dott. Paolo Fermi)and is the following:


MUSCLE STRENGTH ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES PROGRAM


- REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE PERTAINING TO THE RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF STRENGTH TESTING USING MANUAL MUSCLE TESTING AND OBJECTIVE TECHNIQUES

- DESCRIPTION OF PRINCIPLES OF STRENGTH TESTING WITH TRADITIONAL MANUAL METHOD

- MUSCLES STRENGTH ASSESSMENT TECHNIQUES, INCLUDING:
- A) HEAD AND NECK MUSCLES
- B) TRUNK MUSCLES
- C) ARMS AND LEGS MUSCLES
- D) FACE AND ORAL MUSCLES
- E) GRIP AND PINCH STRENGTH

- ISOMETRIC AND DYNAMIC STRENGTH TEST

- PRACTICAL TRAINING ON TESTING SKILLS

- BALANCE, PRACTICAL TRAINING ON TESTING SKILLS

- GAIT ASSESSMENT

- RUN ASSESSMENT

Full programme

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Bibliography

Kendall F.P. et al. “I Muscoli, Funzioni e Test”, Verduci editore.

Teaching methods

Oral lesson

Assessment methods and criteria

Final oral exam and intermediate oral discussion.

Other information

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