Methodology and techniques of rehabilitation in developmental age

Module Methodology and techniques of pediatric rehabilitation

ONTOGENETIC STAGES AND NEUROPSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT. FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION SCALES. PATHOLOGIES: INFANTILE CEREBRAL PALSY AND FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION AND OBSERVATION CHART. GLOBAL APPROACH AND BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NEUROMOTOR TREATMENT. BOBATH CONCEPT AND VOJTA METHOD. HYDROKINES THERAPY: PRINCIPLES, OBJECTIVES, WATER TREATMENT OF CHILDHOOD CEREBRAL PALSY, SYNDROMIC CHILDREN AND MAIN ORTHOPEDIC PATHOLOGIES IN PEDIATRIC AGE.

LECTURES WITH EXPOSURE IN POWER POINT

If the teaching is taught in mixed or remote mode, the necessary variations may be introduced with respect to what was previously declared, in order to respect the planned program and reported in the syllabus.

• DISTINCTION BETWEEN CONCEPT, TECHNIQUE AND METHOD IN REHABILITATION (IMPORTANT) 
• THE STAGES OF NEUROPSYCHOMOTOR, PSYCHOMOTOR AND NEUROMOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF THE HEALTHY CHILD (IMPORTANT) 
• ONTOGENESIS AND PHYLOGENESIS (USEFUL) 
• ARCHAIC REFLEXES AND REACTIONS (IMPORTANT) 
• THE PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES OF WATER (USEFUL)

LESSON ATTENDANCE IS MANDATORY FOR 50%

    ONTOGENETIC STAGES; NEUROPSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION SCALES; PATHOLOGIES: INFANTILE CEREBRAL PALSY AND SYNDROMES: OBSERVATION AND EVALUATION; OBSERVATION, EVALUATION AND NEUROMOTOR TREATMENT OF INFANTILE CEREBRAL PALSY; OBSERVATION, FUNCTIONAL EVALUATION, COMPREHENSIVE APPROACH AND BASIC PRINCIPLES OF NEUROMOTOR TREATMENT; WATER REHABILITATION OF INFANTILE CEREBRAL PALSY; WATER REHABILITATION OF SYNDROMIC CHILDREN; ORTHOPEDIC REHABILITATION IN PEDIATRIC AGE.

First lesson: The stages of ontogenetic development. Psychomotor development. Neuromotor development. Neuropsychomotor development. Archaic reflexes and reactions: the age of appearance and disappearance. The stages of development Ingram. The General Movements. Primary, secondary and tertiary circular reactions.

Second lesson: Functional Evaluation Scales. The Vojta and Bobath staircase. The Gesell scale. The staircase by Milani Comparetti and Gidoni. The Thomas ladder. The Brazelton scale. The Prechtel staircase. Ongoing test (open and/or multiple choice test questions).

Third lesson: Infantile Cerebral Palsy - Observation, Evaluation, Diagnostics, etiology, classification. General strategies and objectives of the rehabilitation program. Treatment.

Fourth lesson: Hydrokinesitherapy: Rehabilitation in water in infantile cerebral palsy. General introduction. Settling and Floating. Physics and Biomechanics. Basic positions. Evaluation, Objectives. Movement patterns. Water rehabilitation of syndromic children. Water rehabilitation of children with orthopedic problems.

Fifth lesson: Plagiocephaly, Plexopathies, Scoliosis. History, observation, evaluation, strategies, objectives and physiotherapy treatment. Hints of osteopathy.                                         Ongoing test (open and/or multiple choice test questions).

    1) Title: Out of Schedule - Treatment Manual for Childhood Cerebral Palsy. Editions: Springer. Authors: L. Zerbino; P. Giannoni (reference book)

    2) Title: The spastic forms of infantile cerebral palsy. Editions: Springer. Authors: A. Ferrari; G. Cioni. (reference book)

    3) Title: Gross Motor Function Measure - User Manual. Editions: Armando Editore. Author: D.J. Russell; P.L. Rosenbaum; L. M. Avery; M. Lane. (reference book)

    4) Title: We are children and we want to grow. Editions: D.J. Russell; P.L. Rosenbaum; L. M. Avery; M. Lane: Springer. Author: E. Muller-Veronese. (reference book)

    5) Title: Motor disorders of cerebral origin in early childhood. Editions: Piccin/Padua. Author: Vaclav Vojta. (reference book)

    6) Title: Psychomotor development. Editions: University Editions Bookshop. Author: F. Boscaini. (reference book)

    7) Title: Architecture of functions. Editions: Springer. Author: L. Bertozzi; L. Montanari; I. Mora.

          8) Title: Hydrotherapy. Editions: Red. Author: F. Vinas.

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1. What do we mean by neuropsychomotor development? 

2. What are rating scales for? 

3. What is Balance? 

4. The importance of FKT Treatment in PCI

5. What are the phases of Hydrokinesiterpy treatment?