Learning of theoretical reference frameworks and current rehabilitation approaches based on motor learning.
Acquire knowledge of a multidisciplinary and integrated approach to intervention
Acquire knowledge in designing a rehabilitation project that considers the type, severity, and age of the child with cerebral palsy.
Role of aids and orthoses.
Course Prerequisites
Knowledge of the clinical and neurofunctional aspects of cerebral palsy in children.
Knowledge of the main symptoms and adaptive functions involved in such disorder
Teaching Methods
Traditional lecture with examples on the clinical cases
Discussion of heterogeneous clinical cases by form of cerebral palsy and severity
Guidance on how to evaluate and define short and long term objectives (rehabilitation project versus rehabilitation program)
Clinical case discussion will receive special attention
Assessment Methods
Oral Test
Texts
Italian manuals:
-I disordini dello sviluppo motorio Fisiopatologia -Valutazione diagnostica- Quadri clinici- Riabilitazione E. Fedrizzi - Le Forme Spastiche Della Paralisi Cerebrale Infantile: Guida All'esplorazione Delle Funzioni Adattive Adriano Ferrari .Giovanni Cioni - L'arto superiore nella paralisi cerebrale infantile. Aspetti clinici e possibilità terapeutica Ferrari- Benedetti-Mori-Alboresi - La fisioterapia nella paralisi cerebrale infantile. La funzione cammino Giulia Borelli-Rita Neviani-Alice Sghedoni-Antonella Ovi - La fisioterapia nella paralisi cerebrale infantile: Principi ed esperienze - Postura seduta Giulia Borelli-Rita Neviani-Alice Sghedoni-Antonella Ovi
English references - A systematic review of interventions for children with cerebral palsy: a state of evidence NovaK I Dev Med & child Neurol 2014 56(10):1026-7 Molinaro A, Fedrizzi E, Calza S, Pagliano E, Jessica G, Fazzi E; GIPCI Study Group.
- Family-centred care for children and young people with cerebral palsy: results from an Italian multicenter observational study. Child Care Health Dev. 2017; 43(4):588-597.
Fazzi E, Castelli E and on behalf SINPIA Intersociety Commission presentation of recommendations for the rehabilitation of children with cerebral palsy Eur J Phys rehabil med 2016 52(5):691-703.
Contents
Classification of cerebral palsy and implications with treatment.
The guidelines for rehabilitation in accordance with the ICF and the Italian recommendations on cerebral palsy (SIMFER and SINPIA)
The essential points according to the Italian group Cerebral palsy in children (GIPCI)
Motor learning models versus neuromuscular facilitation techniques.
Approach based on game-guided and participatory learning.
Models of family-centered therapy and the role of the environment
Intensive versus extensive treatments
Assessment and prognosis of the main clinical forms
