Issues relating to consumers of physical therapy services and methods of marketing the services of physical therapists are elaborated. Theories of motor skill acquisition and therapeutic interventions for neuromuscular problems of the infant, child, adolescent, and adult. Modern medical and therapeutic diagnostic methods are presented to develop competencies in referral and evaluation of disorders. Medical and pharmacological science topics pertaining to physical therapy diagnoses are presented by invited lecturers. Rehabilitation of injured, congenitally dysfunctioning, surgically intervened patients, and patients with conditions at risk for dysfunction.
Competency is developed by simulating actual clinical conditions.
Detailed research reviews, clinical cases, and reports are brought to discussion. May be repeated with different topic for a maximum of 6 credits. Physical therapy for the neurologically disabled patient. Proprioceptive neuromuscular facilitation, neurodevelopmental, sensory-motor integration, other patterned stimulation and evaluation techniques with emphasis on stroke, spinal cord injury, and other disabling conditions of the nervous system. Physiological basis, testing and evaluation, treatment, and administration of programs for cardiac and pulmonary-diseased patients requiring physical therapy.