Learning objectives
The aim of the course is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the equipment taken into consideration during the lessons; stimulate interest in research and determine a starting point for the objective assessment of physiotherapy. The opportunity for the professional rehabilitation to be able to obtain objective data and not only subjective, allows him to be able to enhance and validate his intervention in a scientific and measurable by numbers.
Rehabilitation of amputee patient, in recent years, major importance, not only for the patient but also for the whole society. The aim of the course, specifically the argument is to provide the student with practical information on amputee rehabilitation, transferring the experience of the teacher made at the MIT in Boston, at the Biomechatronic Lab.
Prerequisites
Good knowledge of anatomy and biomechanics, internship experience in orthopedics
Course unit content
The human posture
Mechanics and biomechanics of upright posture
Introduction to stabilometric platform and computerized treadmill
Use of stabilometric platform and computerized treadmill to rehab
The platform as a means of rehabilitation and objective assessment
Advantages and disadvantages of stabilometric platform and computerized treadmill
Introduction to isokinetic machine
Components constituting an isokinetic machine
Use of isokinetic in rehabilitation
The laboratory of the movement, the constituent
The cameras
The footrests torque
The dynamic EMG
The data acquisition
The calibrazione
The analysis of data
How to perform an acquisition of a patient
Practice test stabilometric platform
How to manage an amputee
Full programme
In the theoretical session: brief history and practice of manual medicine; role of the musculoskeletal system; neurological control concept; ART (asymmetry, motor range, altered tissues) diagnostic triad for somatic dysfunction; clinical goals of manual treatment (analgesic and/or biological); a brief introduction on the movement barriers and restriction of movement; prescription to manual processing; contraindications to the manual therapy procedures (joint hypermobility, instability).
In the practice session: general examination; levels and anatomical landmarks in static position; static analysis of upright and monopodalic posture; gait analysis; locoregional examination; rolling skin test; sensitivity to motion (hypomobility/hypermobility); angular movements; translatory movements; game articular; physiological limit of movement; anatomical limit of movements; pathological limit of movement; mild and severe restrictions of movement; "zero" position (neutral position); rest position; traction stages of joint and joint mobilization (Maitland); rule of the concavity; rule of the convexity; amplitude gain through muscle energy techniques; special tests and provocation test
Bibliography
Riccardo Schiffer “Pedane dinamometriche: posturografia” Ed. Speciale Riabilitazione
Roi Giulio S. - Respizzi Stefano - Buselli Paolo “L’esercizio isocinetico” Ed. Ales
Jaquelin Perry “Analisi del movimento” Ed. Elsevier
Teaching methods
Lectures and practical classes
Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination
Other information
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