Course Description
Course Description:
Participants will be introduced to the current evidence-based approach to management of neck pain using Clinical Practice Guidelines from the Orthopaedic Physical Therapy Section of the American Physical Therapy Association with clinical reasoning. As payers and medical practitioners increasingly depend on evidence-based Guidelines, clinicians must utilize published recommendations when selecting examination tools and designing therapeutic programs to direct functional outcomes and to optimize documentation for reimbursement.
CPGs are intended to complement the clinical reasoning process of clinicians, not to provide a mandated protocol for making decisions about patient management. Understand the terminology and recommendations used in the CPG for neck pain. Select the proper impairment categories for your patients with neck pain for a more accurate match to their medical diagnosis, then choose recommended interventions to promote functional outcomes. Recognize what intervention types to utilize for specific impairment categories based on current evidence to successfully address neck pain and its related limitations.
Accreditation Information:
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Course Outline:
Hour 1
- Development of Clinical Practice Guidelines
- CPG by APTA
- definition of CPG
- clinical prediction rule (CPR)
- CPG impairment measure
- interventions to address limitations and structural and functional impairments
- Discussion of proper use of evidence-based functional outcome measures, and physical impairment analysis measures to document exam findings and measured response to therapeutic interventions
Hour 2
- Categorization of neck pain conditions as to the CPG impairment classification
- selecting ICD and ICF classifications for neck pain
- effective intervention types to improve limitations for specific impairment-based diagnostic categories
Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
This course is intended to instruct the professional on incorporating current clinical practice guidelines when designing a plan of care for managing neck pain.
Professional Objectives:
- List the current clinical practice guidelines (CPG) for patients with neck pain (NP) as developed by the orthopedic section of the American Physical Therapy Association
- Recognize appropriate self-reported outcome measures for patients with neck pain to diagnose impairments
- Identify appropriate examination procedures for patients with neck pain to diagnose impairments
- List 3 red flags for patients with neck pain.
- Identify when to use motion limitations in the neck and upper thorax, to classify a patient with neck pain according to CPGs.
- List 3 interventions recommended by the clinical practice guidelines for neck pain.
Disclosures:
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Contact Hours: 2 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
Instructional Level: Intermediate
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial – Theresa Schmidt is employed by Educise 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
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