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Subject type: Mandatory

Coordinator: Jordi Sanchez Degree

Trimester: Third term

Credits: 6

Teaching staff: 

Cristina Alonso Corral
Cristina Alonso Corral 

Academic year: 2025

Teaching course: 3

Languages ​​of instruction

  • Spanish

The subject is taught in Catalan and Spanish.

Competencies / Learning Outcomes

Specific skills

  •     RAE11 - You will identify the evaluation concepts, the foundations and the theoretical bases in the development of physiotherapeutic methods and procedures by applying them in the scientific and professional fields.

  • RAE12 - You will apply the assessment of functionality, disability and health and its international classification, as well as intervention models in physiotherapy in your healthcare practice during the practical seminars.

  • RAE13 - You will be able to identify, following the criteria of physiotherapeutic practice, the functional state of the user, considering the physical, psychological and social aspects of this.

  • RAE16 - It will prepare the most appropriate physiotherapeutic treatment in the different processes of alteration, prevention and promotion of health in the phases of growth and development, applying the guidelines of good clinical practice.

  • RAE17 - You will be able to identify the patient/user situation through a physiotherapy care diagnosis, planning the interventions, and evaluating their effectiveness in a cooperative work environment

  • RAE18 - You will apply the specific methods and techniques related to the locomotor system, neurological processes, the respiratory system, the cardiocirculatory system and static and dynamic changes in the practical seminars.

  • RAE19 - You will apply specific methods and techniques that take into account the implications of orthopedics in physiotherapy, reflected therapeutic techniques, as well as other safety methods

  • RAE8 - You will be able to explain the pathophysiology of diseases by identifying the manifestations that appear throughout the processes, the medical-surgical treatments, fundamentally in their physiotherapeutic aspects.

Presentation of the subject

Neurological physiotherapy is a subject that aims to provide the student with the necessary knowledge to understand the basic principles of neurorehabilitation as well as the main neurological effects in adult patients. Likewise, the student will be provided with the notions, tools and strategies necessary to assess the patient, as well as plan and execute the treatment.

The distribution of the theoretical and/or practical content of the subject can be consulted in the timetable and sections of the corresponding virtual classroom before it starts. 


This subject aims to introduce the gender perspective in its content and development. In addition, the objectives are aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the 2030 Agenda of the United Nations.

 The classroom (physical or virtual) is a safe space, free of sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic and discriminatory attitudes, either towards students or towards teachers. We trust that together we can create a safe space where we can make mistakes and learn without having to suffer prejudice from others. 

Contents

1. Introduction to Neurorehabilitation:

a) Neuroplasticity

2. Clinical history:

a) Observation, evaluation, exploration

b) Objective formulation

c) Treatment planning

3. Pathologies of the nervous system:

a) Brain damage

b) Spinal Injury

c) Neurodegenerative diseases

i. Parkinson's

ii. Multiple Sclerosis 

iii. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

d) Cerebellar syndromes: Ataxia

4. Approaches in neurological physiotherapy 

a) Basic strategies for approaching the acute patient and the patient with severe cognitive motor impairment

b) Neuro-maturational approach

c) Neuro-cognitive approach

d) Task-oriented motor training

Activities and evaluation system

This subject may consider the following indicators detailed in the table in its assessment proposal: 

 

Evaluation and qualification systems
Evaluation system Minimum weighting Maximum weighting
SE1. Electronic portfolio 10% 40%
SE2. Oral presentation 20% 50%
SE3. Examen 30% 60%
SE4. Self evaluation 5% 30%
SE5. Peer assessment (2P2) or co-assessment 5% 30%

A quantitative (from 0 to 10) and qualitative grading system (failed, passed, notable, excellent, honor roll) is used according to RD 1125/2003.

 
The subjects will have evaluation and recovery activities in accordance with the teaching guide and the subject's learning plan, published in their virtual classroom and which will establish the necessary requirements to be able to participate. 

In accordance with current UPF regulations, all students who, having participated in learning and assessment activities during the term, have obtained a failing grade for the corresponding subject in the quarterly assessment, may participate in the recovery process . Those who have not participated in the learning and assessment activities or who have waived the assessment will not be able to participate. If the grade is "not presented", you will not be able to opt for recovery and therefore the subject will have to be taken again in its entirety in the following academic year.

In the event of copying, plagiarism or illegitimate use of generative artificial intelligence in any assessment activity, you must consult the TecnoCampus University Center's Undergraduate and Master's Course Assessment Regulations. 

Bibliography

Basic

Bisbe Gutiérrez, Marta; Santoyo Medina, Carmen; Segarra Vidal, Vicenç; Physiotherapy in Neurology. Procedures to restore functional capacity. 1st ed. Barcelona, ​​Ed. Pan American, 2009 

Cano de la Cuerda, Roberto; Collado Vázquez, Susana; et al. Neurorehabilitation Specific assessment and treatment methods. 1st ed. Barcelona, ​​Ed Panamericana, 2012 

Cano de la Cuerda, Roberto; Martínez Piedrola, Rosa María; Miangolarra Page, Juan Carlos. Motor control and learning. 1st ed. Barcelona, ​​Ed.Panamericana, 2017 

Complementary

Anne Shumway-Cook; Marjorie Woollacott. Motor control; Theory and practical applications. Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1995. 

Bobath, Berta. Adult hemiplegia: Evaluation and treatment. 3rd edition. Buenos Aires: Panamericana, 1993 

Cano de la Cuerda R, Collado Vazquez S. (2018). New technologies in neurorehabilitation: diagnostic and therapeutic applications. Madrid: 

Pan American Medical Publishing. 

Carr, Janet; Shepherd, Roberta. Rehabilitation of stroke patients. 1st ed. Madrid: Elsevier, 2003 

Paeth, Bettina. Experiences with the Bobath concept. 1st ed. Barcelona: Panamericana, 2000 

Rizzolatti, Giacomo. Singaglia, Corrado. (2006) Mirror neurons; the mechanisms of emotional empathy. Barcelona: Paidos Iberica

Spanish Society of RHB and MF. Clinical evaluation and treatment of spasticity. 1st ed. Barcelona, ​​Ed. Pan American, 2009 

Strokes, Maria. Neurological rehabilitation. Physiotherapy Collection Vol 2. 1st ed. Barcelona: Harcourt, 2000