The role of the graduate in physical education is to plan and manage simple motor and sport activity programs for single subjects or for groups. In practice clinical condition of the subject, both physiological (age, general health conditions) and pathological, in progress or previous, must be evaluate, because they could represent a contraindication to the proposed exercise. The course aims to illustrate the main topics of orthopedics of childhood and adulthood. In this way the proposed programs can be adapted to the abilities of the subject. Furthermore, the information acquired should be useful and effective in order to support the simple motor activity with any more specific rehabilitation treatments.
Course Prerequisites
Considering the potential career opportunities, students of this course are required to possess or acquire adequate initial preparation in the following knowledge: human anatomy - histology, human physiology. In fact, the graduate in physical education may be a sports manager or sports kinesiologist, responsible for motor activity courses in gyms and sports centers. Its activity cannot be separated from the knowledge of those fundamental notions, in order to guarantee the user's well-being.
Teaching Methods
The lessons will be held in the presence with lectures, presentation and discussion of clinical cases. The lectures will be carried out with power point presentations and are available to students in the section dedicated to teaching on the KIRO moodle platform.
Assessment Methods
The final test is written and focuses on the topics covered during the lessons. The learning outcomes are verified through the administration of a questionnaire of 30 questions; the correct test will be awarded a score of 30: each correct answer is assigned the score: 1. The duration of the test is 1 hour: during the exam the use of notes, texts, telephone is not allowed. The teacher is available to clarify any doubts regarding the formulation / interpretation of the questions. The final evaluation of the integrated course, consisting of two modules, is the result of the average of the marks obtained in each module. The partial tests, if passed, are valid for one year.
Texts
Ortopedia e Traumatologia G.Sessa, C.Villani Monduzzi Editoriale 2010 Noceto PR
Argomenti di Ortopedia Pediatrica L.Pedrotti Pavia University Press 2012
Ortopedia pediatrica: domande e risposte G.Clemente, S.Citterio, G.Carfagna, L.Pedrotti Pavia University Press 2015
Contents
INTRODUCTION CONGENITAL DEFORMITY PEDIATRIC NEUROLOGICAL DISEASES OF ORTHOPEDIC INTEREST ADOLESCENCE ALTERATIONS GENERAL INFORMATION ON THE FRACTURES PHYSEAL FRACTURES
