Therapeutic Procedures II

Catalog description

This course expands the knowledge and skills gained from previous courses while investigating techniques used in specialty areas of physical therapy practice. This course explores cardiovascular and pulmonary conditions, burn care, mastectomy, amputation and lymphedema. Information regarding compression garments, prostheses and orthoses are included in conjunction with the required measurement and mobility assessments. Conditions often associated with women’s health such as pregnancy, osteoporosis, fibromyalgia and pelvic floor dysfunction are also addressed. Lecture and laboratory sessions provide students with the knowledge, observation, test and measurement skills to perform directed interventions in the above mentioned areas.