Studying at the University of Verona
Here you can find information on the organisational aspects of the Programme, lecture timetables, learning activities and useful contact details for your time at the University, from enrolment to graduation.
Study Plan
The Study Plan includes all modules, teaching and learning activities that each student will need to undertake during their time at the University.
Please select your Study Plan based on your enrollment year.
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2° Year activated in the A.Y. 2019/2020
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3° Year activated in the A.Y. 2020/2021
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Legend | Type of training activity (TTA)
TAF (Type of Educational Activity) All courses and activities are classified into different types of educational activities, indicated by a letter.
ADVANCED METHODOLOGIES IN MUSCLE-SKELETAL PHYSIOTHERAPY AND RESEARCH INTRODUCTION (2019/2020)
The teaching is organized as follows:
Learning outcomes
OBJECTIVES
The course will provide students with the basic concepts to to approach experimental research in the field of rehabilitation medicine.
KNOWLEDGE:
1. To outline the characteristics of "profit" and "non-profit" research in the field of rehabilitation medicine.
2. Know the main research calls for rehabilitation medicine.
3. Define the main components of a research project in the field of rehabilitation medicine.
4. Distinguish the different items that make up the budget of a research project in the field of rehabilitation medicine
5. Establish the main criteria for the competitive assessment of research projects in the field of rehabilitation medicine
SKILLS
6. Choose the most appropriate area for the presentation of a research project
7. Write a "profit" and "no profit" research protocol to be presented to an Ethics Committee
8. Analyze the various budget items of a research project
9. Evaluate the quality of a research project
Program
EVIDENCE-BASED PHYSIOTHERAPY METHODOLOGY
1. What is a research project
2. What are the critical issues of research in rehabilitation medicine
3. EBM and publication of a scientific research
4. How to evaluate the quality of a research project
LOGIC
Definition of Logic
Brief history of logic
Uses and functions of language
Informal fallacies of relevance
Informal fallacies of ambiguity
Deductive logic and its fallacies
Inductive logic and probability calculation
How to write a scientific article
PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Epistemology: the scientific method
Unconventional practices
The limits of scientific knowledge
INFERENTIAL STATISTICS IN CLINICAL RESEARCH
- Random variables
- Gauss distributions, Student's T and chi-squares
- Elements of sampling theory
- Sample distribution of an estimator
- Confidence interval of an average and a proportion
- The logic of the statistical test: null hypothesis and alternative hypothesis, errors of the 1st and 2nd type, power of a statistical test, p-value
- Student's Z, T and chi-square tests
MANUAL THERAPY IN MUSCULOSKELETIC DISORDERS
- Manual therapy: definition, history, future prospects, clinical reasoning.
- Joint techniques: joint dysfunctions, therapeutic solutions, evaluation parameters, treatment parameters.
- Myofascial techniques: myofascial dysfunctions, therapeutic solutions, evaluation parameters, treatment parameters.
- Neural techniques: neural dysfunctions, therapeutic solutions, evaluation parameters.
- Therapeutic exercise
- Laboratory: joint, myofascial, neural techniques, therapeutic exercise.
Bibliography
| Author | Title | Publishing house | Year | ISBN | Notes |
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| Verlato G, Zanolin ME | Esercizi di Statistica Medica, Informatica ed Epidemiologia | Libreria Cortina Editrice, Verona | 2000 | ||
| Carolyn Kisner - Lynn Allen Colby - John Borstad | Esercizio terapeutico: fondamenti e tecniche | Piccin | 2019 | ISBN 978-88-299-3021-0 | |
| IRVING M. COPI, CARL COHEN | Introduzione alla logica | Il Mulino | 1999 | ||
| Swinscow TDV, Campbell MJ | Le Basi della Statistica per Scienze Bio-mediche | Edizioni Minerva Medica | 2004 | ||
| Bartolo M., Sandrini G., Smania N. | Metodologia della riabilitazione | Verduci editore | 2016 | ||
| FRANCHIGNONI F., GIUSTINI A., NEGRINI S. | Ricerca e riabilitazione | Minerva Medica | 2013 | ISBN: 978-88-7711-783-0 | |
| Triola MM, Triola MF | Statistica per le Discipline Biosanitarie | Pearson | 2009 | ||
| M.A. Jones, D. Rivett | Clinical Reasoning in Musculoskeletal Practice (Edizione 2) | Elsevier | 2019 | 9780702059766 |
Examination Methods
EXAMINATION FEATURES
The objective of the exam is to verify the level of achievement of the previously indicated training objectives.
The exam may consist of an oral interview or written test with the possibility of questions with multiple choices or discussion about the discussed in class. Practical tests may also be performed.
