3rd Bachelor in Physiotherapy

Special techniques of old person

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ECTS Credits1
Number of Hours (h/year)15
Teaching staffBELLEFROID, Muriel; LEDOUX, Anne-Françoise
Course UnitCompulsory
TermQuad. 1 and 2
CodePARA-D_KINE0034/3
Prerequisite

Courses of Physiology and functional rehabilitation, special technique for the elderly (2nd bac)

Aims and Objectives

Take note of diseases specific to the elderly, know the motors, sensory, and cognitive implications and the difficulties caused by these discorders. From there, being able to conduct a comprehensive physiotherapy review and design a physiotherapy treatment.

Description

Advantages and goals of geriatric rehabilitation.

Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, Huntington disease, Pick and Lewy dementia, osteoporosis: rehabilitation care.

Palliative care physiotherapy.

 

Bibliography

-CHARLOT V., Formation : Accompagnement de la personne âgée face à la démence, a.s.b.l. Le Bien Vieillir, Namur juin 2010.

-CHARLOT V., GUFFENS C, Revoir nos idées des besoins des personnes âgées atteintes de démence, a.s.b.l Le Bien Vieillir.

 -BOUCHET J-Y., et al, Rééducation en gériatrie, Masson, Paris, 1995.

 -VANDERHEYDEN J-E., BOUILLIEZ D-J., Traiter le Parkinson, De Boeck, Bruxelles, 2004.

 -RABOURDIN J-P., et al, Rééducation en gériatrie, Masson, Paris, 1989.

 -ANTOINE J-M., et al, Vieillissement, Masson.

 -PELLISSIER J., Maladie de Parkinson et Rééducation,  Masson.

 -LADISLAS R., Le vieillissement du cerveau, Parkinson, Alzheimer et autres Démences, Flammarion, 2003.

 -SIGNORET J-L, HAUW JJ., Maladie d’Alzheimer et autres démences, Médecine Sciences, Flammarion, 1991

 -SIMON L., MARCELLI C., REVEL M., Ostéoporose et médecine physique, Collection de pathologie locomotrice et  médecine physique, orto n°35, Masson, 1998.

 

Teaching and Learning MethodsLectures
Group seminars or workshops

Constructivism

Assessment MethodsWritten examinations
Projects or practical work
NotesIn part
LanguageFrench

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