| Mestrado Universitario en Discapacidade e Dependencia (plan 2015) |
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| Multidisciplinary Approach in Pain: Neurobiology, Pain and Disability, Evaluation Systems, New Parad |
| Contents |
| Identifying Data | 2018/19 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Multidisciplinary Approach in Pain: Neurobiology, Pain and Disability, Evaluation Systems, New Parad | Code | 651516006 | |||||||||||
| Study programme |
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Official Master's Degree | 2nd four-month period |
First | Optional | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| 1. Epidemiology of pain | 1.1. Epidemiology of musculoskeletal pain. Basic concepts. 1.2. Epidemiology of low back pain 1.3. Epidemiology of cervical pain 1.4. Epidemiology of osteoarthritis 1.5. Epidemiology of chronic widespread pain and fibromyalgia |
| 2. Paradigms in pain management: pain as a multidimensional experience | 2.1. Pathoanatomical model 2.2. Biopsychosocial model 2.3. Model of the neuromatrix |
| 3. Neurobiological aspects of pain | 3.1. Definitions of pain 3.2. Characteristics and clinical manifestations of pain 3.3. Cellular and molecular properties of primary afferent neurons 3.4. Inflammatory mediators and pain modulators 3.5. Mechanisms modulating the painful response: neuroplasticity 3.6. Brain and pain 3.7. Genetics and pain |
| 4. Pathophysiology of chronic pain | 4.1. Definition of the phenomenon of centralization 4.2. Wind-up phenomenon 4.3. Changes in neurotransmitters 4.4. Functional alteration of excitatory and inhibitory connections 4.5. Creation of new connections 4.6. Supraspinal neuroplastic changes: reorganization of somatosensory and motor cortical maps 4.7. Modification of the response pattern of cortical and subcortical areas 4.8. Impact of emotional and cognitive-behavioral factors 4.9. Pain as a multisystem response: involvement of the SNA, neuroendocrine and immune |
| 5. Chronic pain syndromes | 5.1. Fibromyalgia 5.2. Chronic Fatigue Syndrome 5.3. Complex regional syndrome type I 5.4. Others |
| 6. Pain assessment methods | 6.1. Clinic history 6.2. Scales of pain intensity measurement 6.3. Scales to measure "yellow flags" 6.4. Scales of functional disability 6.5. Quality of Life Scales Related to Health 6.6. Other scales of measurement 6.7. Physical tests |
| 7. Analysis and review of the evidence on new pain treatment strategies | 7.1. Pain pedagogy 7.2. Therapeutic exercise 7.3. Gradual motor imagination 7.4. Other methods |
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