Course Description
Course Description:
Rehabilitation professionals evaluate and treat older adults in a variety of settings. Older adults are a complex population due to the many changes that occur with aging to the systems of the body as well as the many comorbidities that can further impact these changes. It is critical that all rehabilitation professionals have an understanding of these common changes that occur with aging and these changes impact patient care.
This course will discuss the joint mobility impairments, muscle performance impairments, changes in motor performance as well as postural dysfunction that commonly occurs in older adults. This course will not only discuss these changes but also highlight how rehabilitation professionals should assess and treat these patients based on these common impairments. Recommended outcome measures will also be discussed so that maximum patient outcomes can be achieved.
Contact Hours: 3 
Target Audience: 
Instructional Level: Intermediate Accreditation Information:
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Course Outline:
Hour 1
- Joint mobility changes with aging:
- Connective Tissue Changes
- Joint mobility changes with aging:
- How the joint changes as a whole
- Changes that occur in specific joints
- Joint mobility changes with aging:
- Patient Examination
- Patient Outcomes
Hour 2
- Impaired Muscle Performance:
- Sarcopenia
- Changes in endocrine function
- changes in metabolic function
- Impaired Muscle Performance:
- resistance exercise
- eccentric exercise
- nutrition
- Impaired Motor Control in Older Adults:
- motor system impairments
- sensory system impairments
- Impaired Motor Control in Older Adults:
- examining motor control
Hour 3
- Impaired Motor Control in Older Adults:
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- treatment of motor control deficits
- motor learning principles
- Impaired Posture in Older Adults:
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- Age related changes that impact posture
- chronic conditions that impact posture
- Impaired posture in older adults:
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- examining posture
- treating posture
- case study
Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
This course is designed to guide the clinicians working with older adults to have a thorough understanding of how aging affects joint mobility, muscle performance, motor performance and posture so that assessments, interventions, and outcomes can be maximized.
Professional Objectives:
- List three changes that occur in the connective tissue with aging.
- Identify which direction of movement at the ankle and hip are most limited with aging and what impact this has on function.
- List 2 tests and measures that can be used to assess joint mobility and will ultimately then dictate what joint limitations are addressed in treatment.
- List 2 ways in which sarcopenia impacts the muscles of older adults
- List 2 interventions that can address muscle performance deficits in older adults
- List 3 common motor or sensory impairments that can occur in older adults.
- List 2 outcome measures that are recommended for patients with lower extremity motor control deficits.
- List 3 types of feedback that are often given when engaged in motor learning tasks.
- List 2 age related changes that contribute to changes in posture
- Recognize 3 interventions that are beneficial to treat postural dysfunction in older adults
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 Assistant, Occupational Therapist, Occupational Therapist Assistant.
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Criteria for Completion: 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
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial – Suzanne Greenwalt is employed by Belmont University and receives a salary. She receives payment from HomeCEU 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
Authors:
Suzanne J. Greenwalt, PT, DPT, CCS, GCS
Suzanne Greenwalt, PT, DPT, CCS, GCS has been a physical therapist since 2002. She is an Instructor in the School of Physical Therapy at Belmont University. She is also a physical therapist with a long term care company. In addition, she is a mentor and educator in one of the APTA’s credentialed Geriatric Residency Programs. She received her GCS in 2011 and is an APTA Certified Clinical Instructor.
Suzanne has been working in geriatrics for most of her career in a variety of settings including skilled nursing facilities, acute care hospitals, and out-patient rehabilitation. She received her Masters degree in Physical Therapy and her Bachelors degree in Exercise Science, both from Saint Louis University. Her interest areas in both patient care and research are geriatrics and cardiopulmonary comorbidities in the geriatric population.
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