PTA 1235 Orthopedic Principles & Application Lab

Outcomes

• Students will apply the principles of therapeutic exercise and joint mobilization for patients with regional pathology in various stages of healing.
• Students will assess the patient’s readiness for exercise and/or joint mobilization, monitor the patient’s response, and assess treatment outcomes.
• Students will utilize sound clinical reasoning, based on review of the patient's health records, including PT evaluation and plan of care, in determining appropriate tests and measures to be utilized to assess current status and progress toward therapy goals, and to appraise the results of these assessments and/or determine when an assessment needs to be modified.
• Students will assess the appropriate time frame in which to perform patient assessment techniques, monitor patient response to these interventions, and determine when modifications are necessary.
• Students will accurately perform and effectively interpret data collection activities utilized for ongoing assessment of a patient, in a manner that minimizes risk and maximizes comfort to patient, self, and others.
• Students will instruct, apply, monitor, and progress exercise and joint mobilization interventions for patients with regional pathology in various stages of healing, and documents the treatment.
• Students will select appropriate exercises and joint mobilization techniques for patients with regional pathology in various stages of healing.

Credit Hours: 3