- Docente: Michele Fabbri
- Credits: 2
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: First cycle degree programme (L) in Physiotherapy (cod. 8476)
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from Mar 10, 2025 to Mar 20, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student acquires knowledge regarding the anatomy of the muscle chains presented by the author of Global Postural Reeducation. It is able to observe any alterations of these chains. Carry out direct experiences on the practice of some postures of the method
Course contents
The meaning of posture and its control mechanisms
Introduction to global postural re-education
RPG: Scientific evidence and clinical indications
Static and dynamic muscles
The diaphragm: physiological breathing
The muscle chains
Objective of the method
Physical examination and observation
The families of postures
Evaluation and treatment with the right posture
Discussion of clinical cases
Readings/Bibliography
Philippe E. Souchard, Deformazioni morfologiche della colonna vertebrale. Trattamento fisioterapico con il Metodo RPG, Edra, 2016
Philippe E. Souchard, Il diaframma. Anatomia, biomeccanica, bioenergetica, patologia, approccio terapeutico, Marrapese, 1995
Philippe E. Souchard, Posture Mézières, Marrapese, 1982
Françoise Mézières, Originalité de la méthode Mézières, 1984
Teaching methods
Lectures and practical exercises; evaluation of clinical cases.
Assessment methods
In itinere evaluations
Teaching tools
Recommended textbooks, clinical cases
Office hours
See the website of Michele Fabbri