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Master

Teaching

Rehabilitation of the hand and upper extremity - I editions

I level
I
1 year
1 per month (from september 2026 to may 2027). Internship from may to september 2027
italian
60
Blended

START
21 september 2026

Centro Mano Roma

CMR Academy

Objectives of the Master

The course offers a comprehensive and rigorous treatment of the main topics related to hand surgery and rehabilitation, providing the specialist skills necessary to work in this field. The program combines theoretical activities with solid practical training, including internships at leading specialist facilities nationwide and learning how to make splints.

Target Students

  • Graduated in Physiotherapy
  • Graduated in Occupational therapy
  • Third-year students of the aforementioned degrees who will graduate by the end of the Master.

Selection criteria: Applications will be accepted until the established number is reached. If the expected number is exceeded, the Coordinators and the members of the Teaching Staff will evaluate applications based on credits earned in the field and documented work experience.

Educational objectives

The learning pathway aims to provide advanced skills in the assessment, treatment, and management of hand and upper extremity disorders. Through a balanced mix of theory, practical activities, and internships, the Master helps you develop specialized skills that you can use right away in a clinical setting. The program promotes an interdisciplinary approach between hand surgeons and rehabilitation professionals, encouraging the creation and adoption of shared evidence-based protocols.

Particular attention is devoted to learning techniques for making customized braces and orthoses and applying the latest rehabilitation methods. Internships, carried out at leading centers nationwide, allow students to experience different clinical situations and consolidate the practical skills acquired during lectures.

The teaching staff, selected for their proven experience and recognized authority, guarantee a high-level scientific education. The Master fills an important gap in the educational offers of central and southern Italy, representing a unique course in terms of its level of specialization and comprehensiveness.

Upon completion of the course, the candidates will be able to work as professionals specializing in hand and upper extremity rehabilitation in public and private healthcare facilities, hand surgery centers, rehabilitation units, outpatient services, and private practices. The skills acquired also enable them to collaborate with interdisciplinary teams, participate in the development of advanced rehabilitation protocols, create custom-made braces and orthoses, and provide specialist consulting services in clinical and rehabilitation settings.

Teaching

The Master, established pursuant to Ministerial Decree 270/2004, lasts 12 months, with a total commitment of 1500 hours, divided among: 

  • Presential lessons: to interact directly with teachers according to a scheduled timetable.
  • Exercises and mid-term tests: to assess learning levels and form part of the evaluation process.
  • Practical activities and internships: carried out at nationally recognized facilities of proven excellence located in various cities, including:
    • Rome
    • Modena
    • Parma
    • Milano
    • Grosseto
    • Siena
  • Individual study and research activities: to independently explore and consolidate the content learned in the Master.
  • Project work: for active experimentation with the content learned during the educational training program.
  • Musculoskeletal Ultrasound Course: dedicated to therapists, with a practical and clinical approach, designed to expand professional skills and integrate advanced assessment tools into therapeutic practice.

Master 

The final exam consists of the preparation and discussion of a project based on a practical case, to be presented in person before a committee. Upon passing the exam, the candidate will attain the Master.

Tuition fees

The annual tuition for the registration to the Master is € 4.500,00.

Registration

Students wishing to enrol may request an appointment with the Postgraduate Office by calling +39 06 3400 6000.

Faculty

The Master's faculty is comprised of proven professionals from the academic, clinical, and research worlds, ready to share their knowledge and expertise through a multidisciplinary and innovative approach.

Director of the Master

  • Sabrina Centaro

Teaching Coordinators

  • Sabrina Centaro

  • Francesco Franceschi

Scientific Board

  • Greta Colaiacovo

  • Emilio Laurino

  • Angelo Baldari

  • Sabrina Centaro

  • Francesco Franceschi

Teaching Staff

  • Alifano Annamaria

  • Antonietti Giorgio

  • Arcuri Pasquale

  • Arena Daniela

  • Arielli Giorgia

  • Atzei Andrea

  • Baldari Angelo

  • Battiston Bruno

  • Boccolari Paolo

  • Botta Mariateresa

  • Catena Nunzio

  • Centaro Sabrina

  • Cernuto Daniele

  • Colaiacovo Greta

  • Della Femmine Pietro

  • De Lazzari Fabrizio

  • Diaz Balzani Lorenzo

  • Di Benedetto Adriano

  • Di Pietro Giuseppe

  • Di Salvo Floriana

  • Granata Mauro

  • Grasso Andrea

  • Greco Alessandro

  • Guidi Giulia

  • Guzzini Matteo

  • Fabbri Benedetta

  • Formica Virginia

  • Felici Nicola

  • Francesco Franceschi

  • Laurino Emilio

  • Lippi Basilio

  • Loi Marina

  • Luchetti Riccardo

  • Luciano Rose Annette

  • Mancini Alessandra

  • Marcovici Lucian Lior

  • Marighetto Paolo

  • Martini Laura

  • Mastantuono Marco

  • Melori Chiara

  • Molayem Iakov

  • Morin Manuela

  • Ornelli Matteo

  • Pagliarini Tiziana

  • Pagnotta Alessia

  • Panciera Paolo

  • Pegoli Loris

  • Pfanner Sandra

  • Pintabona Ambra

  • Pompili Giulia

  • Rampoldi Michele

  • Refice Camilla

  • Romagnoli Francesco

  • Romani Elisa

  • Rosso Francesca

  • Santecchia Luigino

  • Saroglia Ilaria

  • Sgrambiglia Rossella

  • Semplici Erica

  • Spaltro Giuseppe

  • Silvestri Elena

  • Tocco Silvio

  • Tos Pierluigi

  • Toscano Danila

  • Viganoni Claudia

  • Zanin Davide

PROGRAMME

ANATOMY - BIOMECHANICS AND SEMEIOTICS (SSD BIO/16 – BIO/09, CFU 7, ORE 42)

Monday

  • Normal and pathological anatomy of the shoulder – Baldari Angelo
  • Normal and pathological anatomy of the elbow – Alifano Annamaria
  • Biomechanics of the shoulder – Silvestri Elena
  • Biomechanics of the elbow – Colaiacovo Greta

Tuesday

  • Normal and pathological anatomy of the distal radius – Marcovici Lucian Lior
  • Normal and pathological anatomy DRUJ – Marcovici Lucian Lior
  • Normal and pathological anatomy CARPO – Marcovici Lucian Lior
  • Biomechanics of the wrist – Laurino Emilio

Wednesday

  • Osteoarticular anatomy of long fingers – Fulchignoni Camillo
  • Osteoarticular anatomy of the thumb – Fulchignoni Camillo
  • Anatomy of the flexor tendons of the hand – Fulchignoni Camillo
  • Anatomy of the extensor tendons of the hand – Fulchignoni Camillo
  • Anatomy of the vessels of the hand – Sgambriglia Rossella
  • Anatomy of the nerves of the hand – Sgambriglia Rossella
  • Anatomy of PIP – Sgambriglia Rossella
  • Anatomy of MF – Sgambriglia Rossella

Thursday

  • Distal radio pathology, DRUJ, TFCC – Marcovici Lucian Lior
  • Scaphoid-lunate (SL) and lunate-pyramidal pathology (LP) – Marcovici Lucian Lior
  • Scaphoid pathology: fracture and pseudoarthrosis – Molayem Iakov
  • Osteoarthritis pathology (SLAC, SNAC) – Molayem Iakov
  • Practical lessons in palpatory anatomy – Colaiacovo Greta
  • Practical lessons in palpatory anatomy – Laurino Emilio
  • The importance of assessments – Colaiacovo Greta
  • Approach to the patient – Centaro Sabrina

Friday - Physical examination and semeiotics of the hand

  • Proximal interphalangeal and metacarpophalangeal pathology: stiffness, instability, traumatic outcomes, deformities (boutonnière, swan neck) – Laurino Emilio
  • Peripheral Nerve Disorders and Tendon Disorders – Laurino Emilio
  • Chronic pathological wound - Examination of acute wounds (exposure of tendons, vessels, nerves, examination protocol, delayed healing, infections, fistulas, necrotic tissue) – Pagnotta Alessia
  • Biomechanics of the hand – Tocco Silvio
  • Fundamental concepts for the packaging of static rehabilitation braces – Tocco Silvio

PATHOLOGY AND REHABILITATION OF THE SHOULDER/ELBOW - TENDINOPATHIES - SPORTSMAN'S HAND MUSICIAN'S HAND - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY - SCIENTIFIC PAPER AND ARTICLE (SSD MED/33 – MED/34, CFU 6, ORE 36)

Monday

Test to check on topics covered the previous week
  • Frozen Shoulder – Grasso Andrea
  • The rotator cuff and the biceps brachii muscle – Baldari Angelo
  • Calcification and etiopathology – Baldari Angelo
  • Shoulder rehabilitation for conservative pathologies – Silvestri Elena
  • Rehabilitation and Assessment of Pathological Shoulder Conditions – Silvestri Elena
  • Shoulder rehabilitation for athletes – Silvestri Elena
  • Rehabilitation of the athlete's shoulder + Post-surgery rehabilitation of the shoulder rotator cuff – Silvestri Elena

Tuesday

  • Primary osteoarthritis and post-fracture osteoarthritis – Franceschi Francesco
  • Insertional elbow disease – Greco Alessandro
  • Rehabilitation after rupture of the distal biceps and triceps tendons – Colaiacovo Greta
  • Assessment and approach to elbow rehabilitation – Colaiacovo Greta
  • Rehabilitation of elbow tendinopathies – Colaiacovo Greta

Wednesday

  • Assessment of patients with tendinopathy: the rheumatologist's perspective – Granata Mauro
  • Extensor tenosynovitis (De Quervain, EDC, EUC, ECRL, ECRB, Intersection Syndrome) – Di Salvo Floriana
  • Stenosing tenosynovitis of the flexors – Di Salvo Floriana
  • Rehabilitation of the athlete's hand
  • Functional sports bandages
  • Rehabilitation of flexor and extensor tendinopathies – Centaro Sabrina
  • Rehabilitation of trigger finger and De Quervain – Centaro Sabrina

Thursday

  • The musician's hand – Botta Mariateresa
  • Focus on the use of functional braces in musician patients - casi clinici - Centaro Sabrina
  • The importance of preventing musicians' injuries - Centaro Sabrina
  • Focal Dystonia in Musicians: Assessment and Treatment - Clinical Cases – Refice Camilla
  • Return to the instrument after surgery and conservative treatment – Refice Camilla
  • Postural assessment and intervention: breathing and myofascial dysfunctions – Di Benedetto Adriano
  • Musculoskeletal disorders of the musician's hand – Di Benedetto Adriano

Friday

  • Research Methodology in Rehabilitation – Pompili Giulia
  • Research with practical testing – Pompili Giulia
  • Scientific Paper: How to Write a Final Dissertation – Pompili Giulia
  • Scientific article: writing and publication – Pompili Giulia

FRACTURES AND REHABILITATION OF THE SHOULDER - ELBOW - WRIST - THUMB - METACARPALS PROSTHESES - LIGAMENT INJURIES PHARMACOLOGICAL AND REHABILITATIVE APPROACH TO ACUTE AND CHRONIC PAIN (SSD MED/33 – MED/34, CFU 7, ORE 42)

Monday

Test to check on topics covered the previous week
  • Proximal humerus fractures – Grasso Andrea
  • Elbow fractures – Greco Alessandro
  • Elbow prosthesis – Greco Alessandro
  • Rehabilitation of shoulder fractures – Silvestri Elena
  • Reverse prosthesis rehabilitation – Silvestri Elena
  • Rehabilitation of elbow fractures and elbow prostheses – Colaiacovo Greta
  • Clinical cases – Colaiacovo Greta

Tuesday

  • Pathogenesis and classification of wrist fractures – Rampoldi Michele
  • Surgical and non-surgical treatment of wrist fractures – Rampoldi Michele
  • Relive wrist fracture surgery and clinical cases – Rampoldi Michele
  • Malunion fractures of the wrist – Rampoldi Michele
  • Rehabilitation of wrist fractures – Fabbri Benedetta
  • Rehabilitation of wrist stiffness – Saroglia Ilaria
  • Concept of rigidity and tensegrity – Saroglia Ilaria

Wednesday

  • Scaphoid fractures: classification and treatment – Pagnotta Alessia
  • Scaphoid pseudoarthrosis – Pagnotta Alessia
  • Clinical cases – Pagnotta Alessia
  • Thumb fractures: Bennet, Rolando, Stener; Metacarpal fractures – Antonietti Giorgio
  • Fractures of the phalanges and interphalangeal joints; failures: arthrolysis, arthroplasty, arthroplasty – Antonietti Giorgio
  • Rehabilitation of collateral and injuries Stener – Rosso Francesca
  • Case report: assessment of patients with instability – Rosso Francesca

Thursday

  • Rehabilitation after scaphoid fracture and management of failures – Laurino Emilio
  • Rehabilitation of thumb fractures – Centaro Sabrina
  • Rehabilitation of metacarpal fractures – Boccolari Paolo
  • Rehabilitation of phalangeal fractures and IF – Boccolari Paolo
  • How to deal with failures? – Boccolari Paolo
  • Management of MF rigidity – Boccolari Paolo
  • Management of IF rigidity – Boccolari Paolo
  • Clinical Cases – Boccolari Paolo

Friday

  • Pharmacological approach to pain: blocks and palliative therapy – Mancini Alessandra
  • Pharmacological approach to pain: post-operative and palliative therapy during physiokinesitherapy – Mancini Alessandra
  • Neuroscience: introduction to acute pain – Marighetto Paolo
  • Introduction to chronic pain – Marighetto Paolo
  • Exercise in relation to chronic and acute pain – Marighetto Paolo

ARTHROSCOPY, HYBRID ARTHROSCOPY, AND OPEN SURGERY - SURGERY AND REHABILITATION OF INJURIES
TENDONS - THE MEDICAL AND REHABILITATION APPROACH TO ALGONEURODYSTROPHY
THE ONCOLOGICAL HAND - INFECTIONS
(SSD MED/33 – MED/34 – MED/25, CFU 7, HANDS 42)

Monday

Test to check on topics covered in the previous week
  • Wrist arthroscopy – Luchetti Riccardo
  • Arthroscopy for acute and chronic scaphoid-lunate injuries, SNAC and SLAC – Luchetti Riccardo
  • Wrist arthroscopy and ligament injuries of the DRUJ – Atzei Andrea
  • Wrist arthroscopy and ligament injuries of the TFCC – Atzei Andrea
  • Rehabilitation after wrist ligament injury – Colaiacovo Greta

Tuesday

  • Extensor injuries – Tos Pierluigi
  • Failure of extensor injuries – Tos Pierluigi
  • Flexor tendon injuries – Tos Pierluigi
  • Secondary surgery in flexor injuries – Tos Pierluigi
  • Tenolysis and arthrolysis: what is stiff in a stiff finger? – Tos Pierluigi
  • Re-live – Tos Pierluigi
  • Rehabilitation after tenorrhaphy of the extensor tendons – Laurino Emilio

Wednesday

  • Rehabilitation of flexor tendons – Luciano Rose A.
  • Active rehabilitation of flexor tendons – Luciano Rose A.
  • Injury to the pulleys in the athlete's hand – Saroglia Ilaria
  • Chronic Compartment Syndrome – Pegoli Loris
  • Clinical cases in sports medicine: from injury to return to play – Pegoli Loris
  • Rehabilitation after Compartment Syndrome – Centaro Sabrina

Thursday

  • Pathogenesis of algoneurodystrophy – Melori Chiara
  • Innovative therapies for algoneurodystrophy and Del Pinal experience – Melori Chiara
  • Diagnostic classification of algoneurodystrophy – Pintabona Ambra
  • Rehabilitation for algoneurodystrophy – Loi Marina
  • The brain at your fingertips: clinical strategies for retraining the brain through Mirror Therapy and graded motor imagery techniques – Loi Marina

Friday

  • Classification and approach to bone tumors of the upper limb
  • Oncological hand: tumors of the soft tissues of the hand and wrist – Pagnotta Alessia
  • Oncological hand: bone tumors of the hand and wrist – Pagnotta Alessia
  • Hand infections: the surgeon – Pagnotta Alessia
  • Hand management after cancer surgery and post-infections from the therapist's perspective – Centaro Sabrina

PRACTICAL WEEK: Brace Fitting - Scar Treatment (2 CFU, 42 HOURS)

Monday

Test to check on topics covered the previous week
  • Thermoplastic material and principles for the correct packaging of braces – Laurino Emilio
  • Long finger static splints – Centaro Sabrina
  • Static thumb splints: De Ǫuervain, Rizoartrosi, LCU, Fascetta – Colaiacovo Greta
  • Orficast – Centaro Sabrina

Tuesday

  • Static hand splints – Boccolari Paolo

Wednesday

  • Dupuytren's static splint, Static wrist splint – Laurino Emilio
  • Scaphoid static splint – Laurino Emilio
  • Demonstration of Muster brace and elbow splint – Colaiacovo Greta

Thursday

  • Braces for extensor tendon injuries – Laurino Emilio
  • Tissues and scars: treatment with tape, tools, and vibrations – Morin Manuela
  • Italian Association of Hand Therapists "AIRM" – Morin Manuela

Friday

  • Braces for flexor tendon injuries – Viganoni Claudia

SURGERY AND REHABILITATION OF NERVOUS AND TRAUMATIC DISEASES AND CANALICULAR SYNDROMES MANAGEMENT OF SPASTICITY: SURGERY AND REHABILITATION COMPLEX TRAUMATIC HAND INJURIES - SURGERY AND REHABILITATION OF BURNT HANDS (SSD MED/33 – MED/34, CFU 7, 42 HOURS)

Monday

Test to check on topics covered the previous week
  • Basics of Neurology – Di Pietro Giuseppe
  • Upper extremity entrapment syndromes: from neurophysiology to neuromuscular ultrasound – Di Pietro Giuseppe
  • Principles of peripheral nerve repair and microsurgery – Felici Nicola
  • Radial nerve neuropathies – Felici Nicola
  • Median nerve neuropathies – Delle Femmine Pietro
  • Ulnar nerve neuropathies – Ornelli Matteo

Tuesday - Brachial plexus and rehabilitation

  • Rehabilitation of median nerve and ulnar nerve neuropathies – Romagnoli Francesco
  • Rehabilitation of radial nerve neuropathies – Romagnoli Francesco
  • Desensitization – Romagnoli Francesco
  • Anatomy of the brachial plexus and thoracic outlet – Felici Nicola
  • Traumatic injuries of the brachial plexus – Felici Nicola
  • Rehabilitation of traumatic brachial plexus injuries – Colaiacovo Greta
  • Rehabilitation of the Thoracic Strait – Colaiacovo Greta

Wednesday - Spasticity

  • Rehabilitation after palliative tendon and nerve surgery – Centaro Sabrina
  • Classification of spasticity in the upper extremity – Martini Laura
  • Spastic hand surgery – Panciera Paolo
  • Rehabilitation of the spastic hand – Loi Marina

Thursday - The complex traumatic hand

  • Stiffness as a complication of osteosynthesis – Marcovici Lucian Lior
  • Stiffness as a complication of tendon surgery – Marcovici Lucian Lior
  • Approach and assessment of patients with complex hand trauma. Revascularization and replantation. – Battiston Bruno
  • The thumb and its reconstruction – Battiston Bruno
  • Classification of complex trauma – Assessment of complications – Romani Elisa
  • Therapeutic plan management – Splinting assessment – Romani Elisa

Friday

  • Management and surgery of patients with extensive burns – Spaltro Giuseppe, Tiziana Pagliarini
  • General information on burns and complex skin injuries – Arena Daniela
  • Rehabilitation treatment in the acute and post-acute phases for burn patients. Principles of rehabilitation treatment for post-burn scars. – Arena Daniela
  • Scar classifications and physiotherapy assessment. Designing the application of adhesive tape on scars – Toscano Danila
  • Practical test – Toscano Danila

Saturday

  • Radiological diagnostics in hand, wrist, and elbow disorders – Lippi Basilio
  • CT scans for hand, wrist, and elbow disorders. Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging in the study of complex disorders – Mastantuono Marco

DUPUYTREN'S DISEASE - SURGERY AND REHABILITATION OF THE RHEUMATIC HAND RHEUMATIC DISEASES - WRIST, HAND, AND FINGER PROSTHESES - RHIZOARTHROSIS - ELECTROTHERAPY THE ROBOTIC HAND (SSD MED/33 – MED/34, CFU 7, ORE 42)

Monday

  • Dupuytren's Disease. Open Surgery – Pagnotta Alessia
  • Collagenase – Cordotomy – Felici Nicola
  • Rehabilitation for Dupuytren's disease – Semplici Erica
  • Rehabilitation for Dupuytren's disease – De Lazzari Fabrizio

Tuesday

  • Clinical approach to rheumatic patients and diagnostic classification – Granata Mauro
  • Classification of rheumatic diseases: treatments and latest developments – Granata Mauro
  • Rheumatoid arthritis of the hand and wrist – Pfanner Sandra
  • Rheumatic disease of the wrist and carpus – Pfanner Sandra
  • Boutonniere and swan neck pathology – Pfanner Sandra
  • Tenosynovitis and tendon ruptures in rheumatoid arthritis – Pfanner Sandra
  • Scleroderma, Psoriatic Arthritis, and Gout in the Hand – Pagnotta Alessia

Wednesday

  • Rehabilitation of the rheumatoid hand: principles – Saroglia Ilaria
  • Rehabilitation of the rheumatoid hand – Saroglia Ilaria
  • Rehabilitation after wrist replacement surgery – Guidi Giulia
  • Rehabilitation after MF prosthesis surgery – Guidi Giulia
  • The history of hand rehabilitation – Guidi Giulia
  • Rehabilitation after hip replacement surgery IFP – Guidi Giulia
  • Rehabilitation of the sclerodermic hand – Centaro Sabrina
  • The use of splints in rheumatoid hands – Centaro Sabrina

Thursday

  • Rizoarthrosis: biological arthroplasty – Pagnotta Alessia
  • Rhizoarthrosis: prosthetic replacement of the metacarpal trapezium – Guzzini Matteo
  • Proximal and distal interphalangeal osteoarthritis – Rampoldi Michele
  • Conservative and surgical rehabilitation of rhizoarthrosis – Arielli Giorgia

Friday

  • Electrotherapy principles and practice – Zanin Davide / Arcuri Pasquale
  • Regulatory, insurance, and legal aspects of splint manufacturing – Arcuri Pasquale
  • The Robotic Hand – Diaz Lorenzo
  • The Robotic Hand from a Rehabilitation Perspective – Pompili Giulia

PEDIATRIC HAND SURGERY AND REHABILITATION - CONGENITAL MALFORMATIONS PRACTICAL PART NEUROLOGICAL BRACES - PROGRESSIVE STATIC BRACES MUSCULOSKELETAL ULTRASOUND COURSE: Theoretical lessons, practical demonstrations, and guided scanning. (SSD MED/33 – MED/34 – MED/48, CFU 7, ORE 42)

Monday

Test to check on topics covered the previous week - Centaro Sabrina
  • Approach to pediatric patients – Santecchia Luigino
  • Genetic malformations and syndromes – Santecchia Luigino
  • Surgery for hand malformations – Santecchia Luigino
  • Obstetric injuries to the plexus and their reconstruction – Catena Nunzio
  • Ri-live surgery - Topics in malformation and pediatric surgery – Catena Nunzio
  • Rehabilitation after infantile obstetric paralysis and congenital hand malformations – Centaro Sabrina

Tuesday

  • Splints for rheumatoid hands – Saroglia Ilaria
  • Packaging Neurological hand splints – Laurino Emilio

Wednesday

  • Organization and equipment for setting up a hand therapy workshop – Laurino Emilio
  • Progressive static wrist extension braces – Laurino Emilio
  • Progressive static forearm brace for supination – Cernuto Daniele

Thursday

  • Progressive static braces – Tocco Silvio

Friday

  • Professional role and regulatory framework:
    - Evolution of the role of the hand therapist
    - Legislative references
    - Areas of use and responsibility – Centaro Sabrina
  • Basic principles of MSK ultrasound – Marcovici Lucian Lior
    - Physical fundamentals
    - Main artifacts
  • Equipment and settings
    - Probes and essential parameters
    - Ergonomics and safety
  • Ultrasound anatomy of the hand and wrist – Marcovici Lucian Lior
    - Tendons, nerves, intrinsic muscles
    - Carpal tunnel and ligaments
    - Static and dynamic scanning
  • Clinical rehabilitation applications – Marcovici Lucian Lior
    - Main conditions of rehabilitation interest
    - Treatment monitoring
    - Integration with functional assessment

 

 

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