KINESIOLOGHY AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD

Module APPPLIED KINESIOLOGY

Lectures, in-depth seminars, cooperative teaching (student-teacher) through the sharing of didactic material and multimedia supports.

If the teaching is given in a mixed or remote mode, the necessary changes with respect to what was previously stated may be introduced, in order to respect the program envisaged and reported in the syllabus.

Kinesiology Program

General Information on Bones, Joints, and Muscles

Posture and Anticipation

Cramps, Contractures, Muscle Strains, and Pulls

Main Causes of Illness in Sports

Sports Interventions and First Aid

Joint Injuries and Head Injuries

Terminology, Definition, and Classification of Various Morphological and Structural Alterations of the Spine

Paramorphisms and Dysmorphisms

Kinesiotherapy Laboratory Activities

Kinesiology of the Stomatognathic System:

- The stomatognathic system as a whole (bones, joints, muscles, and joint range of motion)

Spine Kinesiology:

- The spine as a whole (bones, joints, muscles, and joint range of motion)

- The lumbar spine

- The thoracic spine and respiratory muscles

- The cervical spine

Kinesiology of the Upper Limb:

- The upper limb as a whole (bones, joints, muscles) and joint ROM)

- The joints of the shoulder girdle

- The scapular-humeral rhythm

- Scapulothoracic dyskinesia

- Glenohumeral instability

- The shoulder

- The arm, forearm, and hand

Lower limb kinesiology:

- The lower limb as a whole (bones, joints, muscles, and joint ROM)

- The hip and pelvic girdle

- The thigh

- The knee

- The leg

- The ankle

- The foot

1. Chinesiologia. Il Movimento Umano. Vincenzo Pirola. Ediermes. 
   
2. Anatomia Funzionale. A.I. Kapandji. Monduzzi Editore.  
   
3. Chinesiologia del Sistema Muscoloscheletrico. Fondamenti per la riabilitazione. Donald A. Neuman. PICCIN. 
4. Fondamenti di Chinesiologia. Mansfield and Neumann. Calzetti & Mariucci editori.
5. Kendall et all. 

Oral exam. The student will have to take the exam in the sessions provided for in the exam calendar of the Degree Course. The commission will be composed of the teachers holding the course.

For the attribution of the final grade, the following parameters will be taken into account:

Grade 29-30 with honors: the student has an IN-DEPTH knowledge of the subject, has excellent communication skills and masters the medical-scientific language.

Grade 26-28: the student has a GOOD knowledge of the subject and explains the arguments clearly using an appropriate medical-scientific language;

Grade 22-25: the student has a DISCREET knowledge of the subject, even if limited to the main topics and exposes the topics quite clearly with a fair property of language;

Mark 18-21: the student has the MINIMUM knowledge of the subject and exposes the arguments in a sufficiently clear way although the property of language is not very developed;

Failed exam: the student DOES NOT HAVE THE MINIMUM KNOWLEDGE required of the main course contents. The ability to use specific language is very little or no and is unable to independently apply the knowledge acquired.

Description of the following topics:

Movement terms.

Muscle contraction and movement.

Kinesiology, trunk and limbs.

Posture.

Joint ROM.

The ability to move joints, flexibility and muscle extensibility.

The ability to exert strength in all its manifestations.

The ability to be quick and fast in cognitive and motor expressions.

The ability to prolong an effort over time (resistance and endurance).