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. Students register for one lab section only.
Students register for one lab section only.
Theory and application of educational principles to physical therapy in clinical environments. Students register for one lab section only. Theory and practical application of motor control and learning principles to physical therapy settings. Students register for one lab section only. Offered odd-numbered years only.