Concepts and principles in the evaluation and treatment of children with a variety of impairments. Includes normal and abnormal development, and various treatment and management approaches. Students register for one lab section only. Exercise principles based on physiologic mechanisms of movement essential for treatment planning and implementation. Addresses basic approaches to exercise for improvement of range of motion, strength, aerobic, and functional capacity through lectures, demonstrations, laboratory experience, and problem solving.
Students register for one lab section only.
Evaluation and treatment procedures for burn injury and other integumentary wounds, cancer, and infectious diseases. Rehabilitation strategies which emphasize proper healing and scar control and promote independent function will be emphasized. Physical therapy evaluation and treatment of adult development, rheumatic diseases, and geriatrics. Physician management of musculoskeletal dysfunctions including hand surgery, pediatric orthopedics, fractures, spine deformity, low back pain, degenerative spine disease, and various sports medicine pathologies. Includes a series of radiology lectures for physical therapists and several special lectures on therapy principles related to medical management.