MEDICINA FISICA E RIABILITATIVA E PSICOLOGIA GENERALE

Learning Objectives

• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

  The aims of this course is to illustrate the diseases (degenerative, autoimmune and traumatic) of the nervous system. The principal goal is to illustrate the principles of functional rehabilitation and the enhancement of residual abilities.

• Psychology

  The module aims to provide students with the theoretical and methodological bases of General Psychology, from the bases of Psychology as a science, to the study and measurement of cognitive processes and human behavior.

Course Structure

• Psychology

  The course will take place with weekly lectures, at the end of which an assessment test is scheduled for attending students.

Detailed Course Content

• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

  Degenerative and traumatic diseases of the CNS and rehabilitation; pathologies of the SNP and rehabilitation; functional assessment scales; utilities of the neurophysiological technique in rehabilitation; self-rehabilitation of spastic paresis.

• Psychology

  - History of Psychology - Models and Methods of Psychology - Learning - Emotions and Motivation - Perception

Textbook Information

• Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

  Essentials of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 4th Edition

  Musculoskeletal Disorders, Pain, and Rehabilitation

  Authors: Walter R. Frontera & Julie K. Silver & Thomas D. Rizz

• Psychology

  1. Psicologia Generale, L. Anolli, P. Legrenzi. V edizione, 2012. Il Mulino