Physiotherapy | University of Parma

Professor: - Marco Maria PIETRANTONI - Valentina VILLA
Academic discipline: Scienze infermieristiche e tecniche neuro-psichiatriche e riabilitative (MED/48)
Field: Scienze della fisioterapia
Type of training activity: Characterising

20 hours
of face-to-face activities

1 credits

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course unit
in ITALIAN

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Course unit divided into the following partitions:

Integrated course unit module: INTERNAL MEDICINE

Learning objectives

Recognition of the main problemas of the geriatric patient in order to set up an adequate treatment to define objectives suitable for the specific case

Prerequisites

Frontal lessons. Patient assessment and treatment practices

Course unit content

Evaluation of the geriatric patient. Setting up the rehabilitation treatment. Environmental assessment and selection of the aids. Degenerative arthropaties. The hypokinetic syndrome. The risk of falling. Walking in the elderly. The patient amputated.

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Teaching methods

oral examination

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