GENERAL PATIENT EVALUATION
Course unit partition: PARMA

Academic year 2014/15
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
20 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
hub: PARMA
course unit
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Course unit partition: GENERAL PATIENT EVALUATION

Learning objectives

At the end of the course the student will have the knowledge of he main criteria for the evaluation of a patient and the capacity of using these criteria for the identification of problems requiring rehabilitation.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Human motion and posture
Human motion features and qualities
Postural analysis
Postural transitions
Clinical cases study
Fundamentals of ergonomics
Disability aids
Physiotherapy environment and work settings
Facilitation techniques and methods

Full programme

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Bibliography

• Patricia M.Davies: Right in the middle - Emiplegia- Nuovi progressi nel trattamento. Springer.2000
• Patricia M.Davies: Passo dopo passo -Il trattamento integrato dei pazienti con emiplegia-Seconda edizione. Springer.2001
• Patricia M.Davies: Ricominciare-Primi interventi riabilitativi dopo lesione cerebrale di origine traumatica o altra grave lesione cerebrale. Springer.1997
• Boldrini L., De Vito G., Molteni G., Boccardi S.: Epidemiologia delle alterazioni muscolo-scheletriche da sovraccarico biomeccanico del rachide nella movimentazione manuale di pazienti. Med.Lav.1999
• S.Boccardi, A.Lissoni: Chinesiologia III. Società Editrice Universo. Roma
• J.H.Allum, F.Honegger.1992 A postural model of balance- correcting movement strategies. J Vestib Res 2:323-347

Teaching methods

Teaching procedures:
lectures, powerpoint presentations, teacher-led discussions, practice exercises, workshps

Assessment methods and criteria

Practical ongoing test and evaluation
Oral test

Other information

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