Bachelor's degree in Physiotherapy (to qualify as a physiotherapist) (Verona)

Current year courses

ADVANCED METHODOLOGIES IN MUSCLE-SKELETAL PHYSIOTHERAPY AND RESEARCH INTRODUCTION (2019/2020)

Course code: 4S007306
Credits: 5
Coordinator: Alessandro Picelli

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Teaching is organised as follows:
Unit	Credits	Academic sector	Period	Academic staff
METODOLOGIA DELLA FISIOTERAPIA BASATA SULLE EVIDENZE	1	MED/48-NURSING IN NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND REHABILITATION	FISIO VR 2A2S	Alessandro Picelli
LOGICA CLINICA E FILOSOFIA DELLA SCIENZA IN FISIOTERAPIA	1	M-FIL/02-LOGIC AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE	FISIO VR 2A2S	Sara Patuzzo
STATISTICA INFERENZIALE IN RICERCA CLINICA	1	MED/01-MEDICAL STATISTICS	FISIO VR 2A2S	Simone Accordini
STRATEGIE AVANZATE DI TERAPIA MANUALE NEI DISORDINI MUSCOLOSCHELETRICI	2	MED/48-NURSING IN NEUROPSYCHIATRY AND REHABILITATION	FISIO VR 2A2S	Giacomo Rossettini

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

Syllabus

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.

Assessment methods and criteria

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.

Reference books
Author	Title	Publisher	Year	ISBN	Note
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