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Degree course in
Physiotherapy
Università degli Studi di Parma
Department of Medicine and Surgery

GAIT ANALYSIS: FROM THEORY TO APPLICATION IN CLINICAL PRACTICE
cod. 1008053

Academic year 2022/23
2° year of course - Second semester
Professor
- Andrea BALLOTTA
Academic discipline
Scienze infermieristiche e tecniche neuro-psichiatriche e riabilitative (MED/48)
Field
A scelta dello studente
Type of training activity
Student's choice
20 hours
of face-to-face activities
1 credits
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in ITALIAN
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Learning objectives

Advanced understanding of normal gait. Analysis of pathological gait. Observational Gait analisis checklist. Workshops in gait analysis tools.

Prerequisites

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Course unit content

Introduction to gait analysis. Normal gait: spatial-temporal parameters, kinematics, kinetics, surface electromyography. Observational gait analysis. Pathological gait. Case study.

Full programme

Introduction to Gait analysis. Spatial-temporal parameters
Gait prerequisites
Gait kinematics
Observational Gait Analysis
Gait kinetics
Surface electromyography
General measures of walking ability
Physical examination
Pathologic gait: clinical case studies.

Bibliography

Perry J. Gait Analysis , SLACK, 1992
Borelli et al, La fisioterapia nella paralisi cerebrale infantile. La funzione cammino, Springer 2013
Kirtley C, Clinical Gait Analysis Theory and Practice Elsevier 2006
Gage J, The Identification and Treatment of Gait Problems in Cerebral Palsy, Mac Keith Press 2009
Baker R., Measuring Walking: A Handbook of Clinical Gait Analysis, Mac Keith Press, 2013

Teaching methods

Lessons, clinical case studies, workshops

Assessment methods and criteria

Active participation to lessons and workshops.

Other information

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