Course Description
In an era of sport specialization, the adolescent athlete is at an all-time high risk for sustaining injury. This course presents the rehabilitation specialist with the latest evidence – based approaches in the evaluation and rehabilitation of the adolescent overhead athlete.
Learn the critical elements of an effective screening process to identify young athletes who are at risk for injury. This course presents the relationship among several shoulder and elbow disorders and discusses the most evidence- based clinical tests. Effective screening measures to identify core instability, scapula dyskinesia and abnormal pitching mechanics are highlighted. Numerous videos of sport-specific drills for the shoulder, scapula and corelower extremity are provided to enforce learned material. You will have access to the most recent post-surgical protocols used by the world’s leading orthopedic surgeons in the country.
In addition, this course provides interval and transition to sport protocols for overhead athletes, including baseball pitchers and position players, swimmers, quarterbacks, golfers, tennis players, softball pitchers and tennis players.
This Seminar-on-Demand is 2 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).
 Contact Hours: 2 |
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 Target Audience: ATC/LAT, CSCS/NSCA-CPT, OT/COTA, PT/PTA |
Instructional Level: Intermediate |
BOC Level of Difficulty: Essential |
Accreditation Information:
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Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
This course is intended to instruct the professional on evaluation and treatment of the adolescent overhead athlete.
Professional Objectives:
At the conclusion of this course, the participant will be able to:
- List three evidence based risk factors for shoulder and/or elbow injury in the adolescent overhead athlete
- List three evidence based common musculoskeletal injuries in the adolescent overhead athlete.
- Enumerate three evidence based pitching pathomechanics in the adolescent baseball pitcher.
- Recoall three evidence based injury preventive measures for the adolescent overhead athlete.
- Identify three best practice interventions for a rehabilitation program following shoulder elbow injury in the overhead athlete.
Criteria for Completion:
A score of 70% or more is considered passing. Scores of less than 70% indicate a failure to understand the material and the test will need to be taken again until a passing score has been achieved.
Disclosures:
SEMINAR-ON-DEMAND
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Target Audience: Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants, Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapist Assistant, Massage Therapists, Athletic Trainers.
Contact Hours: 2 contact hours in length (check your state’s approval status in the state specific course catalog for your profession).
Instructional Level: Intermediate
BOC Level of Difficulty: Essential
Personnel Disclosure:
- Financial – Bob McCabe is employed by NYU Center for Musculoskeletal Care and receives a salary. He receives royalty payments from HomeCEUConnection.com for the presentation of this course.
- Nonfinancial – No relevant nonfinancial relationship exists.
- No relevant conflicts of interest exist for any member of the activity planning committee.
Content Disclosure: This course does not focus solely on any specific product or service.
Authors:
Robert McCabe, MS, DPT, OCS
Robert McCabe is an APTA certified orthopedic specialist with fifteen years of clinical experience. He has extensive experience in the clinical evaluation of and development of treatment modalities for orthopedic and sports injuries. Bob holds an MS in Physical Therapy and an MS in Biomechanics and Ergonomics. He is currently completing his Ph.D. in Biomechanics and Ergonomics at New York University. Bob earned his DPT from Arcadia University.
Bob has coordinated pre-season strength and flexibility testing as well as physical screenings for world-class athletes. He has worked for both the Andrews Institute for Orthopedics and Sports Medicine and the Nicholas Institute for Sports Medicine as a Senior Physical Therapist.
Bob has served as a clinical educator for students at New York and Long Island Universities. He is published in the Journal of Orthopedic and Sports Physical Therapy as well as the North American Journal of Sports Physical Therapy. Bob McCabe has presented sports medicine seminars and research studies at national conferences including the APTA annual Combined Sections meeting and state association meetings.
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