Clinical Kinesiology

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Covers collection of data in physical therapy as it relates to joint range of motion,flexibility and muscle strength; anatomy as it relates to posture and humanmotion with an emphasis on muscle function and biomechanics and physicaltherapy management through therapeutic exercise. Skills will include goniometry,measurement of functional ROM, manual muscle testing using break testing,palpation of bony prominences, muscles and ligaments and stretching of specificmuscles. (offered spring semester only) (3 hrs. lecture, 3 hrs. laboratory)Prerequisites: C or better in PTA103 and PTA107. Corequisite: BIO246. Offeredon: A