Course Description
Course Description:
There is strong evidence to support the use of physical agent modalities during physical and occupational therapy for patients with neurological disorders. This course will look at four conditions that are common with neurological disorders: spasticity, weakness, pain, and contractures. After summarizing the evidence to support their use, we will outline the use of TENS to minimize spasticity, NMES to address weakness, TENS for central neuropathic pain, and deep and superficial heat in treating contractures. Specific protocols are offered and demonstrations of each protocol is included. As an adjunct to other aspects of rehabilitation, physical agent modalities can add variety to and increase the effectiveness of your plan of care for patients with stroke, multiple sclerosis, and Parkinson’s disease.
Contact Hours: 4
Target Audience:
Instructional Level: IntermediateAccreditation Information:
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Course Outline:
Hour 1
- Define spasticity
- Spasticity Pattern in Stroke Patients
Hour 2
- Research supporting TENS for spasticity
- Spasticity in Multiple Sclerosis
- Describe weakness in neurological disorders
Hour 3
- Describe how NMES works
- List NMES parameters
- Outline use of NMES in stroke patients
- Describe NMES for quad and for UE strengthening
Hour 4
- Describe pain in neurologic disorders
- Describe use of TENS for pain with neurological conditions
- Describe use of physical agents for joint contractures
Course Goals & Objectives:
Course Goals:
This course is intended to instruct the professional using physical agent modalities effectively for neurological patients, based on recent evidence to support their use.
Learning Outcomes:
- Identify spasticity pattern for UE and LE in stroke patients
- Outline evidence supporting use of TENS for spasticity
- List TENS parameters for treating spasticity
- Identify weakness in neurological disorders
- List evidence supporting use of NMES to treat weakness in neurological disorders
- Identify parameters for NMES use
- Identify the uses of NMES in stroke patients
- List use of TENS for neurological disorders
- List use of physical agents for joint contractures
Disclosures:
WEBINAR
A webinar is LIVE INTERACTIVE audio and video course delivered over the Internet to your computer. With a HomeCEU webinar, you are able to see, hear and interactive with the course presenter. In many courses, demonstrative video will be used to further enhance your learning experience. All content used in the presentation will also be made available to you for your personal use (PowerPoint Slides, Reference Materials etc.).
Contact Hours: 4 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: The successful completion of a post course examination is required to receive credit for your webinar participation. A score of 70% or higher is required. You will have additional attempts to pass the examination should it be needed.
PLEASE NOTE: All webinar exams MUST be successfully completed by midnight Central Standard Time on the day of the webinar broadcast.
Personnel Disclosure:
Financial – Lorie Schleck is employed by Interim Home Care 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
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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