Course Description

Course Description:

The purpose of this course is to delineate possible systemic and viscerogenic conditions that can refer pain to the hip and lower extremity with an emphasis on red and yellow flag warning. Important findings to consider when accurately diagnosing hip and lower extremity conditions is presented.  

Contact Hours: 3
Text Course Format: Text
Target Audience:
Instructional Level: Advanced

Accreditation Information:

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Course Goals & Objectives:

Course Goals:

The purpose of this course is to delineate possible systemic and viscerogenic conditions that can refer pain to the hip and lower extremity with an emphasis on red and yellow flag warning. Important findings to consider when accurately diagnosing hip and lower extremity conditions is presented.  

Learning Outcomes:

Upon the completion of this course, the learner will be able to: 

  • Outline possible systemic and viscerogenic sources of hip and lower extremity symptoms. 
  • Describe red flag conditions for the hip and lower extremity. 
  • Describe important subjective, objective, and physical examination findings to consider when accurately diagnosing hip and lower extremity problems. 

Disclosures:

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Contact Hours: 3 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).

Target Audience: Physical Therapist, Physical Therapist Assistants, Athletic Trainers, Occupational Therapist

Instructional Level: Intermediate. 

Criteria for Completion: Criteria for Completion: A score of 75% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 75% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved 

Personnel Disclosure:

Financial –  Lorie Schleck is employed and receives a salary. She receives payment from Colibri Healthcare, LLC for the presentation of this course.

Nonfinancial - no relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.

Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service

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Authors:

Lorie Schleck, PT

Lorie Schleck has over 29 years of Physical Therapy experience. Recently she has focused on providing physical therapy to home care patients. Within that context, she worked for a time in Home Care Quality and Compliance where she audited charts for OASIS and clinical accuracy and provided staff training in best practices for OASIS accuracy. She is a certified OASIS specialist.

Lorie has been a physical therapy continuing education instructor, mainly on topics related to orthopedic physical therapy. Her instruction style is characterized by its emphasis on clinical relevance. She has also written several home study courses in physical therapy. She works hard to integrate the latest empirical evidence in to a practical approach to clinical practice.

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