Musculoskeletal Injury Assessment Laboratory

Catalog description

This course will provide students with the opportunity to practice the "hands-on" skills that are required to perform a musculoskeletal screening. The principles taught in this course will include the following: 1) how to assess the history of an injury, 2) how to perform postural and gait assessments in healthy individuals 3) palpation during a musculoskeletal screening, 4) measurements of passive range of motion (PROM) and active range of motion (AROM) with a goniometer and 5) Determine muscle weakness that leads to movement dysfunction.