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. The course will describe the most common congenital, traumatic and degenerative pathologies affecting the musculoskeletal system and will focus on the role of physical exercise and sport activity in terms of benefits and disadvantages.
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.
These notions will have to be integrated with an understanding of the pathogenetic, reparative and rehabilitative mechanisms of orthopedic diseases.
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. Particular emphasis will be given to the correct application of the sports specific motor tasks and to orthopedic diseases that contraindicate its execution
- Sports traumatology of the lower limb with particular focus on the concepts of prevention, treatment and rehabilitation of these injuries. Particular emphasis will be devoted to the correct application of the sports specific motor tasks and to orthopedic diseases that contraindicate its execution
- 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. The student must be able to understand when, in the presence of orthopedic pathologies, a specific physical exercise can represent a therapeutic option or rather be a potentially worsening factor for the patient.
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. This ability must be demonstrated either when discussing with a specialized audience and when interacting with a non specialized subject. Particular emphasis will be given to the ability to disseminate the acquired knowledge to a public of high level athletes.
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. The student must be able to participate to scientific meetings and seminars in the field of physical exercise and sport activity. The ability to follow second level masters and to read international scientific journals will also be stimulated.
