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Laurea magistrale a ciclo unico in Medicina e chirurgia - Enrollment from 2025/2026Musculoskeletal Assessment (Corso Elettivo) (2018/2019)
Teaching code
4S003472
Teacher
Coordinator
Credits
1
Language
Italian
Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)
MED/16 - RHEUMATOLOGY
Period
Corsi elettivi 1° semestre dal Oct 8, 2018 al Dec 21, 2018.
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is the full execution of clinical musculoskeletal examination. The first part covers the main difference in pain and stiffness as main points for inflammatory or degenerative pain, then a full spectrum of clinical alterations due to inflammatory disease is shown, with reference to clinical maneuvers to describe the alterations. The same is done with degenerative diseases. A practical session is aimed to teach and test the main signs and the students will be allowed to practice them under tutorship. Another practical session is for the basic reading of radiological signs several musculoskeletal disease, in direct connection with the clinical examination. The students will be trained in X rays and ultrasound reading at a basic level.
Program
first meeting: basic elements of clinical examination for inflammatory pathologies of the joints, bone and muscles
second meeting: basic elements of clinical examination for degenerative and traumatic pathologies of the joints, bone and muscles
third meeting: standard imaging in rheumatology
fourth meeting: practical session with US imaging
Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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Salaffi Fausto | SEMEIOTICA REUMATOLOGICA. PARTE I – ARTO SUPERIORE (Edizione 1) | Mattioli 1885 | 2015 | ||
Salaffi Fausto | SEMEIOTICA REUMATOLOGICA. PARTE III – ARTO INFERIORE | Mattioli 1885 | 2015 | ||
Salaffi Fausto | SEMEIOTICA REUMATOLOGICA. PARTE SEMEIOTICA REUMATOLOGICA PARTE II – COLONNA VERTEBRALE E ARTICOLAZIONE TEMPORO-MANDIBOLARE | Mattioli 1885 | 2015 |
Examination Methods
Approval based on attending