75303 - Manual Therapy - (RN)

Learning outcomes

At the end of the module the student has the knowledge and the ability to understand the general principles of manual therapy. He develops the ability to perform a thorough assessment, design a treatment, and perform the necessary manual therapy techniques.

Course contents

In consideration of the types of activities and teaching methods adopted, the frequency of this training activity requires all students to carry out specific training modules on safety and health in the study / work placements provided both electronically and in person.

 

Introduction to the principles of manual therapy

Pain and its mechanisms / Body Chart

Clinical Reasoning

  Hypothesis categories

Evaluation/Assessment

Degrees of Movement / Movement Diagram

Treatment Procedure

Recording outcomes

Differentiation test / Screening Test

Practical sessions:  Evaluation and treatment of the main areas of the spine, upper limb, lower limb incl. neurodynamics.

Readings/Bibliography

Banks K, Hengeveld E. Manipolazioni periferiche di Maitland Quarta Edizione, Elsevier Masson, 2007.

Butler, D.S., Explain Pain, Noigroup Publications, 2003.

Butler, D.S., The Sensitive Nervous System, Noigroup Publications - 2000.

Butler, D.S., The Neurodynamic Techniques, Neuro Orthopedic Institute Australasia, First edition 2005 - Reprinted 2008, 2010.

Butler, D.S., Mobilizzazione del Sistema Nervoso, Masson, 2001.

Goodman, Snyder, Differential Diagnosis for Physical Therapists, Screening for Referral, Saunders Elsevier, 2007.

Greenhalgh, Sue, Selfe, James, Red Flags II, Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2010.

Greenhalgh, Sue, Selfe, James Red Flags, Churchill Livingstone Elsevier, 2006.

Jeffrey D Boyling, Gwendolyn A Jull, Grieve's Modern Manual Therapy, The vertebral columns, Elsevier - Reprinted 2009

Klinische Muster in der Manuellen Therapie, Thieme, 2011.

Shacklock, M Clinical Neurodynamics - A new system of musculoskeletal treatment, Elsevier, 2005.

Von Piekartz, H. J. M. Craniofacial Pain, Butterworth Heinemann Elsevier, 2007.

Von Piekartz, H. J. M. , Bryden, Lynn, Craniofacial Dysfunction & Pain,Butterworth Heinemann Elsevier - First published 2001, Reprinted 2006.

Teaching methods

Teaching methods of face-to-face lessons:

Passive and active didactic approaches will be alternated (Lectures, Practical Exercises, Problem Solving, Problem based learning, Simulations, Role playing, Clinical cases, Brainstorming, group work). Clinical cases.

All lessons will be held face to face, unless otherwise indicated by the Degree Council.

In consideration of the types of activities and teaching methods adopted, the frequency of this training activity requires all students to carry out specific training modules on safety and health in the study / work placements provided both electronically and in person.

Assessment methods

The exam will be practical.

The student will be given 3 practical techniques to perform.

The teacher will assign a score of 10 points to each of the 3 questions, thus allowing to reach the maximum score of 30 with honors.

The teacher may decide to increase the number of questions to be administered for a better precision of the evaluation.

Teaching tools

Laptops

Video projector

Whiteboard and markers

Skeleton

Physiotherapy beds

Other

Office hours

See the website of Daniele Romani