DISEASES OF THE LOCOMOTOR APPARATUS

General Module

Course Sheet

Course code:

M50002

Academic Year of enrolment:

2020

Year of supply:

2020/2021

Type of Course:

Related/Supplementary

Degree:

Course of 2nd Cycle Degree in SCIENCES AND TECHNIQUES OF PREVENTIVE AND ADAPTED PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES.

Disciplinary Sector:

Locomotory Diseases

Is part of:

NEUROLOGY AND DISEASES OF THE LOCOMOTOR APPARATUS

Location:

CHIETI

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

BUDA ROBERTO EMANUELE CESARE

Cycle:

Second semester

Hours of classroom activity:

Individual study hours:

Prerequisites:

The student must have acquired knowledge of the fundamental concepts of anatomy, physiology, biomechanics, pathology of the musculoskeletal system

Objectives

The main aim of the course is the knowledge of the anatomical and functional bases of the pathologies affecting the skeletal muscle system in order to allow the student to understand the role, the advantages and the potential risks of sport activity and physical exercise.
EXPECTED LEARNING RESULTS
a) Knowledge and critical understanding ability.
The final objective of the course will be the student to acquire knowledge of anatomy and pathophysiology of the musculoskeletal system.
The student will need to know:
- The positive and negative influence of sport activity and physical exercise on the metabolism and function of bone, muscle, tendon and cartilage
- The most common congenital and acquired orthopaedic diseases and the role of sports and exercise with relative indications and limitations.
- Sports traumatology of the upper limb with particular focus on the concepts of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of these injuries.
- Sports traumatology of the lower limb with particular focus on the concepts of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of these injuries.
- The student will have to know the most common strategies for the treatment of lesions of the musculoskeletal system and the influences that each type of treatment determines on bone, muscle, tendon and cartilage normal anatomy and function
- The influence of sport activities on functional overuse pathologies, their prevention and diagnostic and therapeutic evaluation parameters

b) ability to apply knowledge and understanding.
The student must be able to know the effects of sports and exercise on the musculoskeletal system both by a metabolic point of view and in relation to the related traumatic diseases.

c) Autonomy of judgment
The student must demonstrate to have acquired the necessary knowledge to scientifically describe the pathophysiological mechanisms underlying the pathologies of the musculoskeletal system (congenital, acquired, traumatic). This knowledge must allow him to integrate sport activity and physical exercise according to the specific orthopaedic disease to be trated.

d) Communication skills
The student must demonstrate to have acquired the necessary knowledge to correctly use technical orthopaedic language.

e) Learning ability
The student must develop the learning skills by applying them in the disciplines of the study course. The importance of continuous medical education and of recent scientific literature updates will be emphasized.

Contents

1) Anatomy of the musculoskeletal system.
2) Principles of joint physiology and biomechanics.
3) Generalities of fractures: epidemiology, classification, treatment.
4) Bone repair.
5) The traumatic bone pathology in the growing subject: epiphyseal avulsions
6) Sports injuries of the upper limb: fractures, dislocations, sprains, muscle injuries.
7) Sports injuries of the lower limb: fractures, dislocations, sprains, muscle injuries.
8) Spinal pathologies of sportsmen.
9) Congenital diseases: developmental dysplasia of the hip, congenital clubfoot.
10) Growth diseases, flat feet and scoliosis.
11) Functional overuse diseases: tendon, muscle and cartilage injuries.
12) Degenerative joint diseases: osteoarthritis.
13) Metabolic bone diseases: osteoporosis.

Extended Syllabus

A) GENERAL
General etiopathogenesis - clinical examination in orthopedics - outline of therapy
1) FRACTURES
     - Classification
     - Etiology, pathogenesis, pathological anatomy.
     - Clinical picture
     - Evolution and prognosis.
     - Complications.
     - Fracture therapy.
     - Treatment of complications.
2) FRACTURES OF THE UPPER LIMB
    - Clavicle.
    - Homer.
    - Elbow.
    - Forearm.
    - Wrist and Hand.
3) FRACTURES OF THE LOWER LIMB
    - Fractures of the upper extremity of the femur.
    - Fractures of the femoral shaft.
    - Knee fractures.
    - Leg fractures.
    - Fractures of the foot and foot neck.
4) SPRAINS
    - Generality.
    - Knee sprain.
    - Traumatic injuries of the menisci.
    - LCA injury and ACL reconstruction
    - Sprained ankle
5) DISLOCATIONS
    - Generality.
    - Main dislocations (shoulder, elbow and hip).
6) ARTHROSIS
     - Generality
     - Coxartrosis
     - Gonarthrosis
7) Femoro-acetabular impingement (CAM, PINCER)
8) Spondylolysis-spondylolisthesis
9) Osteochondrosis
10) Low back pain, Lumbosciatalgia, Lombocruralgia, herniated disc
11) Subacromial mangement syndrome - Rotator cuff-shoulder instability lesions
12) Muscle injuries and tendinopathies in athletes
13) Scoliosis-Kyphosis

Recommended Bibliography

• Morlacchi-Mancini, ORTHOPEDIC CLINIC;
• Giannini-Faldini, MANUAL OF ORTHOPEDICS AND TRAUMATOLOGY

Teaching Methods

Frontal lessons with audiovisual supports.

Evaluation methods

Verification of learning:

The learning results will be timely verified by the teacher through an oral exam on the topics of the program.

Contacts/More Information

Student reception to be agreed by sending an email to roberto.buda@unich.it
RECEPTION OF STUDENTS (request by email)

Thursday at 09: 00-11: 00 at the Director of the Orthopedic Clinic (7th level, C body, Chieti Hospital).

Università degli Studi
"G. d'Annunzio"

Chieti - Pescara

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