Upper Extremity Injury Assmt

Catalog description

This course is a combination of lecture and hands-on lab. It will build on the student's prior knowledge of anatomy and injury recognition. The focus of this course is to assist the student in developing a systematic, thorough method of injury assessment including the development of a medical history, palpitation points, range of motion tests, manual muscle tests, neurological tests, and special tests, This course will focus on the assessment of the head, cervical and thoracic spine, shoulder, elbow, wrist, and hand.