PT 820 - Client Management IV

4 Credit(s)

This course focuses on developing and refining examination and intervention skills in patients with acute pathologies. The course includes a didactic and lab component intended to develop the students’ abilities in performing skills such as strength, ROM assessment, balance, coordination, proprioception, auscultation of the heart and lungs, chest wall excursion, and breathing pattern. In addition, students gain exposure to interventional skills, including not only functional mobility, but also airway clearance and chest wall mobility techniques. Cases encountered in this class encompass the musculoskeletal, neuromuscular, integumentary, and cardiopulmonary systems.