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PATHOLOGY AND REHABILITATION IN DEVELOPMENTAL AGE

Degree course: 
Corso di First cycle degree in Physiotherapy
Academic year when starting the degree: 
2021/2022
Year: 
2
Academic year in which the course will be held: 
2022/2023
Seat of the course: 
Varese - Università degli Studi dell'Insubria
Credits: 
5
Period: 
Second semester
Standard lectures hours: 
63
Requirements: 

The knowledge gained in previous years' teaching, with particular reference to the anatomy and physiology of the central and peripheral nervous system, are required.

Final Examination: 
Orale

ORAL EXAM

Assessment: 
Voto Finale

Clinical approach to children and adolescents with neurological and psychiatric disorders. Knowledge of the main neurological and psychiatric disorders of childhood and adolescence. To provide the basic knowledge about the most common paediatric diseases focusing on the disorders with physiotherapy application. To provide the knowledge basis of the pathology interst ing the the rehabilitation of the child condidering the complexity and variability of the development process dynamism of the adaptive functions in the the disabled child motor behavior. To encourage the students to use the deductive method during the evaluation and rehabilitation of the child . To develop and translate the recent theories into the rehabilitative praxis in order to actively contribute to validate the theories by own experience

The acquisition of the different knowledge and skills expected will take place through the discussion of the following topics.

Neuro-psychiatric development
Neurodevelopmental disorders
Intellectual disability
Autistic spectrum disorders
Communication disorders
Specific learning disorder
ADHD
Motor disorders (DCD, tic and Tourette syndrome)
Cerebral Palsy
Neuromuscular disorders

Epilepsy
Headache
Anxiety disorders
Mood disorders
Personality disorders
Psycosis in adolescence
Psychosomatic disorders
Eating disorders

- CEREBRAL VISUAL IMPAIMENT
-EMIPLEGIA
-DIPLEGIA
-TETRAPLEGIA
- DYSKINETIC CEREBRAL PALSY
-ATAXIA
-ORTHESI S AND DEVICES
-PHARMACHOLOGICAL THERAPY
–ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

- SPINAL DYSRAPHISM
-NEUROMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
- OBSTETRIC PARALYSIS

Paediatric ages, steps of development, pathological and warning signs
Fever and pain in children
Newborns at risk and related complications, immunization
Common diseases in children: trauma, infections and dehydration
Nutrition and feeding problems in paediatric ages
Paediatric respiratory diseases
Paediatric neuromuscular disorders at a glance

he acquisition of the different knowledge and skills expected will take place through the discussion of the following topics.

Neuro-psychiatric development
Neurodevelopmental disorders
Intellectual disability
Autistic spectrum disorders
Communication disorders
Specific learning disorder
ADHD
Motor disorders (DCD, tic and Tourette syndrome)
Cerebral Palsy
Neuromuscular disorders

Epilepsy
Headache
Anxiety disorders
Mood disorders
Personality disorders
Psycosis in adolescence
Psychosomatic disorders
Eating disorders

- CEREBRAL VISUAL IMPAIMENT
-EMIPLEGIA
-DIPLEGIA
-TETRAPLEGIA
- DYSKINETIC CEREBRAL PALSY
-ATAXIA
-ORTHESI S AND DEVICES
-PHARMACHOLOGICAL THERAPY
–ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY

- SPINAL DYSRAPHISM
-NEUROMUSCULAR DYSTROPHY
- OBSTETRIC PARALYSIS

Paediatric ages, steps of development, pathological and warning signs
Fever and pain in children
Newborns at risk and related complications, immunization
Common diseases in children: trauma, infections and dehydration
Nutrition and feeding problems in paediatric ages
Paediatric respiratory diseases
Paediatric neuromuscular disorders at a glance

The course objectives will be achieved through frontal lectures supported by slides and video projection to illustrate the clinical features of the major neuropsychiatric frameworks. Full-text papers. Literature and web references of specific topics.

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