Ateneo - UPO

Assessment and treatment of individuals who have injury or disease of their central nervous system and include Stroke, Balance disorders, Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson’s Disease, Polyneuropathies.

Recommended texts:
Step to follow – Author Patricia M. Davies;
Trattato di medicina fisica e riabilitazione – Author Nino Basaglia – Gnocchi Editore;
Progettare la riabilitazione: il lavorare in team interprofessionale – editor Edi-ermes – by Nino Basaglia;
Stroke Clinica e Riabilitazione – by Carlo Cisari et Franco Molteni – editor Edi-ermes;
Parkinson. L’approccio riabilitativo multidisciplinare. Editrice Spec. Riabilitazione, 2000 – Author Hartmann;
Atassie. Proposte riabilitative. Società editrice Esculapio 2010. Author Pavan S, Trevisan CP,

Students will learn the principles who rule the assessment and treatment of individuals affected by disorders of movement and function (Stroke, Parkinson’s Disease and parkinsonisms, Balance disorders, ataxias
Multiple Sclerosis, polyneuroradiculopathies).
Student will also learn roles, dynamics and procedures of teamwork, as well as the importance of the same in the rehabilitation medicine departments.
APPLIED KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION SKILLS. The student will improve the knowledge of the theoretical aspects by transferring them in the implementation of a rehabilitation project and consequent elaboration and application of the therapeutic program with simulations and during the technical-practical training.
AUTONOMY OF JUDGMENT Using the acquired knowledge, integrating them with the learned notions, the student must be able to collect and interpret the signs, symptoms and useful data to formulate an assessment and a rehabilitation program.
COMMUNICATION The student must be able, during the simulations, the complementary activities and the practical technical training as well as during the verification of learning, to communicate the information, the problems detected and the possible solutions to specialist and non-specialist interlocutors. ABILITY TO LEARN
The student must be aware of what his difficulties are, to ask for further clarifications on the topics.

Students must be aware of the essential notions of anatomy, physiology, neurological pathology and kinesiology. There are no prerequisites for curricular exams.

The training objectives of the course will be achieved through face-to-face lessons and exercises. Lessons are supported by slide shows.
At the request of the students, the teacher can dedicate the first part of each lesson to further clarification of the topics covered in the previous lessons. It is also possible to ask for clarification on specific points during the lesson.

Exams will be in written form with questions with multiple choice and / or open answers, and will verify the knowledge and expected learning results. The final grade will be determined by the degree of acquisition of the expected knowledge and skills, and will take into account the ability to synthesize and analyze, mastery of scientific language and clinical reasoning skills. To pass the exam, the student must achieve a grade of not less than 18/30 (eighteen thirtieths).

Assessment and treatment of patients suffering from:
Stroke:
• Definitions
• Associated cognitive disorders
• Acute phase: outcome, hospitalization room, observation, evaluation, postures
• Post-acute phase: sitting posture, verticalization, standing, walking
• Upper limb: painful shoulder
• Pusher syndrome
Balance disorders:
• Assessment and treatment: Balance, motor coordination
• Assessment and treatment: sensitive ataxia, vestibular ataxia, cerebellar ataxia
Multiple Sclerosis:
• Etiology
• Signs and symptoms
• Assessment and treatment in the different stages of the disease
Parkinson’s Disease:
• Signs and symptoms
• Assessment and treatment in the different stages of the disease
Polyneuropathies:
• Peripheral neuropathies
• Guillain Barrè syndrome
• Signs and symptoms
• Treatment

Acquisition of the evaluation and therapeutic skills of the examined pathologies.