The teaching is organized as follows:

Learning objectives

The course aims to provide the basic knowledge of biology, biochemistry and physics, with particular emphasis on those most useful for understanding and investigating biomedical problems associated with physiotherapy, and to provide the fundamentals of the experimental method at the basis of modern scientific and technological disciplines, in order to educate the student in scientific rigour and the critical evaluation of experimental data. On completion of the course, the student will have acquired the necessary skills to understand, describe and analyse natural, biological and physical phenomena, with particular regard to biomedical issues and will be able to explain the molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying the functioning of the entire organism and grasp the pathogenetic significance of any alterations in them, also demonstrating the ability to expound the arguments relating to the knowledge acquired in a precise manner, with critical evaluation and in appropriate scientific language. Lastly, he/she will have developed the ability to deal independently with further specialised studies that will be the subject of the teaching in the following years. MODULE: APPLIED PHYSICS To provide basic knowledge of the fundamental quantities and laws of Physics, in particular of mechanics and their application in phenomena and concrete situations of biomedical interest and to acquire the ability to solve simple Physics problems, especially Biomechanics, also applied to concrete situations. MODULE: BIOCHEMISTRY To provide basic knowledge of organic chemistry and biochemistry on the structure-function relationships of the main classes of biological macromolecules, on metabolic regulation at the molecular level and on the interconnections existing between the different biochemical processes and the energy transformations related to them. MODULE: APPLIED BIOLOGY To provide skills in human biology and genetics, from an evolutionary perspective, relating to the structural, functional and molecular characteristics of cellular processes common to living organisms and in particular the basic mechanisms that regulate activity, reproduction, cellular interactions and the transmission of normal and pathological hereditary traits in humans.