PT 466A Therapeutic Exercise

This is the first of two courses devoted to developing skills in the therapeautic exercise in physical therapy. In this course, emphasis is placed on developing clinical reasoning skills for the implementation of therapeautic exercise in the management of patients/clients with a variety of underlying neuromuscular and musculoskeletal pathological presentations. The course utilizes lecture, laboratory, case study, and small group components to assist with identifying deficits at the Body Structure & Function as well as the Activity Levels in order to prescribe appropriate therapeautic exercise interventions. Students will learn to use interventions to assist patients/clients in regaining optimal function.