Corso di laurea in Fisioterapia

a) Acquire a methodology for the assessment and treatment of neurological and orthopedic disability in pediatric age, aimed at individualized rehabilitation project and its verification.

b) Apply the proposed methodology in the main clinical-rehabilitative frameworks of childhood neurological disabilities, with particular attention to cerebral palsy.

Acquisition by students of useful tools for the evaluation of children with cerebral palsy, in the main orthopedic patology their management, the development of a rehabilitation program, and the drafting and verification of set objectives.

GENERAL PART

• Introduction to the Course.
• Neuropsychomotor development of the newborn and child.
• Definition of health, rehabilitation, and care needs in children of developmental age.
• Longitudinal management of disability in pediatric age.
• The concepts of Impairment - Disability - Handicap and the ICF classification in developmental age.
• Principles of evaluation - treatment - verification and the definition of a rehabilitation project and program.
• The rehabilitative setting in developmental age: the role of the child, parents, physiotherapist, and healthcare professionals; the place of therapy; therapy goals; therapy tools; therapy duration.
• Overcoming rehabilitation methods and the centrality of patient needs: the proposal of Prof. Adriano Ferrari.
• The role of aids and orthoses in the rehabilitation program: general principles.
• Principles of Methodology in developmental rehabilitation. The verification of the rehabilitation path. The concepts of effectiveness, efficiency, equity, quality, and appropriateness in neurological pathology. The integrated path for children with neurological disabilities in an interdisciplinary and interprofessional vision.
• Rehabilitation in orthopedic disease in pediatric age

SPECIAL PART

• Application, through active interaction with students, of the knowledge developed in basic courses and the evaluation-treatment-verification tools proposed in the general part of the Course in the most clinically relevant developmental pathologies:
  • The Tetraplegic Child: definition - classification - rehabilitation program - role of aids.
  • The Diplegic Child: definition - classification - rehabilitation program - role of aids.
  • The Hemiplegic Child: definition - classification - rehabilitation program - role of aids.
• Current trends in the evaluation and treatment of neurologically impaired children: Gait analysis - botulinum toxin - baclofen pump - functional surgery

Lectures are conducted in a frontal manner with the possibility of continuous interaction with students, supported by slides and videos from the main texts of Prof. Adriano Ferrari and Dr. Bottos. On request, there are also individual moments for in-depth study of topics related to the subject matter.

Evaluation is usually carried out with a written test with multiple-choice questions.

Specific internship in the area of competence of the module.