- Docente: Tiziano Tiraferri
- 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 27, 2025 to Jun 05, 2025
Learning outcomes
At the end of the module the student possesses the knowledge and ability to apply applied understanding of the principles of physical therapy and manual massage, through a precise knowledge of therapeutic indications and contraindications.
Course contents
MANUAL MASSAGE AND PHYSICAL THERAPY PROGRAM
GENERAL INFORMATION AND HISTORICAL NOTES
EFFECTS OF MANUAL MASSAGE
CONTRAINDICATIONS OF MASSAGE
GENERAL MASSAGE TECHNIQUE IN ITS PRACTICAL EXECUTION
FUNDAMENTAL MASSAGE SKILLS
SUBSTANCES USED IN MASSAGE
MASSAGE OF THE WHOLE SPINAL COLUMN
LOWER LIMBS MASSAGE
UPPER LIMBS MASSAGE
ABDOMEN MASSAGE
SPORTS AND DRAINING MASSAGE
PRINCIPLES OF INSTRUMENTAL PHYSICAL THERAPY
GENERAL INFORMATION AND HISTORICAL NOTES
INDICATIONS AND CONTRAINDICATIONS OF INSTRUMENTAL PHYSICAL THERAPY
LASER THERAPY
TECARTHERAPY
MAGNETOTHERPY
ULTRASOUND
Teaching methods
Lectures (slides and videos)
Practical demonstrations of the different massage techniques and manual skills on the different areas of the body
Assessment methods
Theoretical-practical verification on the topics covered
Teaching tools
PC
Office hours
See the website of Tiziano Tiraferri