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Teaching code

4S007228

Credits

2

Language

Italian

Scientific Disciplinary Sector (SSD)

MED/48 - NURSING IN NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND REHABILITATION

Period

2 SEMESTRE PROFESSIONI SANITARIE dal Jan 9, 2023 al Sep 30, 2023.

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Program

Introduction to kinesiology.
insight into the concepts of
- strength (characteristics and determinants)
- moment
- levers
- laws of dynamics
- Introduction to functional kinesiology: definition of functional kinesiology, principles of kinesiology with particular reference to the functionality of the agonist, antagonist, fixators and neutralizer muscles. Functionality of mono and biarticular muscles.
- The standing posture: concepts of balance, stability, center of mass, center of pressure. Strategies for maintaining standing posture; analysis of muscle function to maintain posture
- Postural changes: analysis of the Sit-to-Stand (STS) transition; evaluation of the single phases from a kinetic and kinematic point of view.
- Walking: analysis of the kinetics and kinematics of walking; assessment of muscle function in the individual phases of the gait cycle
- Functionality of the upper limb (Reaching and Reach-to Grasp) with kinesiological evaluation (reasoning on agonists-antagonists-fixers- neutralizers)

Bibliography

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Didactic methods

frontal lessons

Learning assessment procedures

multiple choice and open questions (kinesiological reasoning)

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Evaluation criteria

sum of the partial scores of the individual items of the written test

Exam language

italiano