Schedule
Sat, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (8/31/2017 - 12/13/2017) Location: *
Sun, 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM (8/31/2017 - 12/13/2017) Location: *
Sun, 2:00 PM - 5:00 PM (8/31/2017 - 12/13/2017) Location: *
Description
This course will be a presentation of the foundations of medical and physical therapy orthopaedics, including surgical and non-surgical conditions. This course will emphasize the dysfunction philosophy as related primarily to extremity conditions and some spinal conditions. Examination and intervention methods will be introduced in lab session. Intervention approaches for different dysfunctions will be discussed. This course will be designed to follow the topics discussed in the Biomechanics class and complement the Therapeutic Exercise course. The material will be integrated and applied in Mock Clinic the third trimester. Examination, evaluation and intervention of the extremities and spine will be further covered in the fifth trimester.