KINS 6421 Therapeutic Interventions II

Prerequisite: KINS 6420. Athletic training students learn the foundations of lower extremity orthopedic rehabilitation, including tissue injury and healing, appropriate documentation, regaining range of motion and flexibility, the role of posture and joint mechanics, and principles of strength training in the lower extremity. Course allows athletic training students to develop and execute evidence-based comprehensive individualized rehabilitation programs for the lower extremity. Course topics include the determination of therapeutic goals and objectives, selection of therapeutic exercises, methods of evaluating and recording rehabilitation progress and development of criteria for progression and return to normal function.

Credits

3