Examination of Injuries to the Lower Extremity, and Spine

Catalog description

This course will focus on: 1) the etiology of athletic injuries to the lower extremity and lumbosacral spine, and 2) evaluation techniques for assessing athletic injuries to the lower extremity and lumbosacral spine. The objectives of this course include: understanding the mechanisms of athletic injuries to the lower body; demonstrating proficiency in the objective and subjective assessment procedures of lower body athletic injuries; recognizing orthopedic, neurovascular, and medical emergencies associated with lower body athletic injuries; recognizing the normal and abnormal mechanics of the lumbosacral spine and lower extremity including the walking and running gait cycles; and integration of injury mechanisms into the treatment and rehabilitation plan of care for the injured physically-active person. This course includes lectures as well as hands-on laboratory sessions.