Musculoskeletal system diseases and rehabilitation
Module Methodology and techniques of rehabilitation in orthopedics and rheumatology

Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: GAETANO CIAFFAGLIONE

Detailed Course Content

1 . Principles of Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation in Rheumatology

- The Therapeutic Exercise : Fundamental Concepts

- The range of motion (ROM)

- Stretching for the mobility impaired

- Principles of intervention: Injury, repair and tissue processing soft

- Joints, connective tissue and bone disorders and treatment

- Surgical procedures , treatment guidelines pre-and post –operative

 

2 . Rehabilitation of the lower limb

- Coxarthrosis

- Hip Arthroplasty

- Ligamentous injury and ACL reconstruction

- Tendinitis and rupture of the Achilles tendon

 

3. MANUAL ASSESSMENT OF MUSCLE STRENGTH

- KINESIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT

- MANUAL ASSESSMENT OF MUSCLE STRENGTH:

1) Shoulder

2) Elbow

3) Wrist

4) Hip

5) Knee

6) Ankle and Foot

 

4. Manual Therapy According to the Kaltenborn-Evjenth OMT Concept

1) Examination Procedure

2) Theoretical Basis

3) Pain

4) Dysfunction

5) Kinematics

6) The Fundamental Hypothesis of Manual Therapy According to Kaltenborn

7) Quantity and Quality of Movement

8) Conceptual Model of Movement Dysfunction

9) Foundations of Physiotherapy Treatment

10) Physiotherapy Treatment

11) Sequence of Techniques

 

5. Progressive Modular Rebalancing

1) Assessment of the Recruitment Potential of Monoarticular and Biarticular Muscles

2) MOTOR UNIT RECRUITMENT EXERCISES OF THE CHAINS NEUROKINETICS

3) Elements of rehabilitation assessment:

- Muscle length assessment

4) RMP rehabilitation program with FN:

- Stretching

- 1st Objective

- 2nd Objective

 

 

 

 

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