Learning objectives
Provide the necessary theoretical/practical knowledge for the involvement of the students in rehabilitative facilities<br />
Course unit content
<br />Introduction to the isokinetic machine<br />? Principles and differences between the various existing systems<br />? When to use the isokinetic machine<br />? How to use the isokinetic machine (practical test with the equipment)<br />? Isokinetic exercise during rehabilitation<br />? Rehabilitation protocols for different diseases of athletes<br />? Stabilometric platform (Computerised Stabilo-Posturometry), what it studies and how it functions<br />? The use of the stabilometric platform as an evaluative tool <br />? Rehabilitation through computerised stabilometry<br />? ElITe, Elaboration of television images: its role in rehabilitation<br />? Elements comprising a walking laboratory<br />? Research using ElITe: examination of analysis of walking, technology and methodology, diagnosis and recovery of motor disorders, posture and equilibrium, analysis of sports movement<br />? Comparison of methods and their application to rehabilitation<br />? Strengths and weakness of the equipment examined<br />? Pain: assessment tools<br />? Localisation and characterisation<br />? Functional evaluation and pain treatment
Bibliography
Analisi del movimento<br />AUTHORS: Jacquelin Perry<br />ISBN 88-85675-72-7<br />Edition: 2005<br />Pages: 430<br />Publisher: Elsevier<br /><br />Lecture notes provided by the professor<br />