Unit MOVEMENT SCIENCE

Course
Physiotherapy
Study-unit Code
GP003695
Curriculum
In all curricula
CFU
9
Course Regulation
Coorte 2025
Offered
2025/26
Type of study-unit
Obbligatorio (Required)
Type of learning activities
Attività formativa integrata

MOVEMENT KINESIOLOGY

Code GP003716
CFU 2
Teacher Nazzareno Rosi
Teachers
  • Nazzareno Rosi
Hours
  • 24 ore - Nazzareno Rosi
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze della fisioterapia
Academic discipline MED/48
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)

APPLIED PHYSICS

Code GP003717
CFU 2
Teacher Andrea Biscarini
Teachers
  • Andrea Biscarini
Hours
  • 24 ore - Andrea Biscarini
Learning activities Base
Area Scienze propedeutiche
Academic discipline FIS/07
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Obiettivi Agenda 2030 per lo sviluppo sostenibile

JOINT PHYSIOLOGY

Code GP003714
CFU 3
Teacher Andrea Farneti
Teachers
  • Andrea Farneti
Hours
  • 36 ore - Andrea Farneti
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze medico chirurgiche
Academic discipline MED/33
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)

PHYSIOTHERAPIC SCIENCE APPLIED TO BIOMECHANIC AND KYNESIOLOGY

Code GP003715
CFU 2
Teacher Alessandro De Vita
Teachers
  • Alessandro De Vita
Hours
  • 24 ore - Alessandro De Vita
Learning activities Caratterizzante
Area Scienze della fisioterapia
Academic discipline MED/48
Type of study-unit Obbligatorio (Required)
Language of instruction Italian
Contents Kinesiological Assessment Methodology. Surface Anatomy. Joint Motion Assessment. Muscle Testing. Functional applications and Clinical Hints.
Reference texts Hazel M. Clarkson, Valutazione Cinesiologica: articolarità, test muscolari e valutazione funzionale. Guida pratica basata sulla ricerca scientifica, Piccin Nuova Libraria, 2023. Edizione italiana a cura di Marco Invernizzi e Alessandro De Sire sulla quarta in lingua inglese: Hazel M. Clarkson, Musculoskeletal Assessment: Joint Range of Motion, Muscle Testing and Function. A research-Based Practical Guide, Fourth Edition, Wolters Kluwer, 2021.
Educational objectives Knowledge, skills and abilities about examination programme.
Prerequisites Basic knowledge of Anatomy and Physiology
Teaching methods Frontal teaching and practical training.
Other information alessandro.devita@unipg.it
Learning verification modality Theoretical and Practical exam.
Extended program 1/6 - KINESIOLOGICAL ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY - Observation and palpation - Musculoskeletal Assessment Methods 2/6 - LOWER LIMB 1/2 - Surface Anatomy - Joint Motion Assessment 3/6 - LOWER LIMB 2/2 - Muscle Testing Assessment - Functional applications and Clinical Hints 4/6 - UPPER LIMB - Surface Anatomy - Joint Motion and Muscle Testing Assessment - Functional applications and Clinical Hints 5/6 - SPINE - Surface Anatomy - Joint Motion and Muscle Testing Assessment - Functional applications and Clinical Hints 6/6 - ORTHOSTATISM/ORTHODYNAMISM - MOVEMENT PATTERNS - Observation - Assessment - Clinical reasoning
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