INTERNAL MEDICINE
cod. 20908

Academic year 2010/11
3° year of course - First semester
Professor
Academic discipline
Medicina interna (MED/09)
Field
Biomedico
Type of training activity
Related/supplementary
13 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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Integrated course unit module: MOTOR SCIENCE APPLIED CLINICAL STUDIES

Learning objectives

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acquire knowledge on osteometabolic diseases and on the relationship between bone tissue and muscle tissue.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

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knowledge of the phosphocalcium and bone metabolism relative to the correlations between skeleton and muscular mass, knowledge of X-ray densitometric methods for evaluating body composition, bone mass, fat mass and muscular mass. Overview of osteometabolic diseases with a high social impact (post-menopausal osteoporosis, senile osteoporosis, male osteoporosis, glucocorticoid osteoporosis).

Full programme

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Bibliography

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- Rugarli "Medicina Interna Sistematica" 5th ed. 2005, Masson ed.
- Primer on the Metabolic Bone Diseases & Disorders of Mineral Metabolism, ASBMR ed. 2005, USA

Teaching methods

direct class and DXA test for body composition.

Assessment methods and criteria

part of the oral exam of materie cliniche applicate alle scienze motorie

Other information

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