Canine V - Advanced Orthopedic Rehabilitation
A minimum of one elective is required for all participants.
Prerequisites
Participant must:
- Participant must be a veterinarian, veterinary technician, physical therapist, physical therapist assistant, occupational therapist or an actively enrolled student in on of these fields.
Course Description:
The purpose of this course is to present and discuss information on the
physiology, pathology, assessment of joints and limb segments in
companion animals. The pathology, conservative management, and surgical
management of problems affecting the main joints and limb segments will
be discussed. The discussion will include the carpus, antebrachium
(including deformities), elbow, brachium (including distal humeral
fractures), shoulder, tarsus, crus, stifle, thigh (including distal
femoral fractures), and hip joint. The relative frequency of all
orthopedic problems will be discussed. The impact of specific orthopedic
problems on adjacent parts of the body will also be discussed. The
rationale for selection of specific rehabilitation modalities and
specific therapeutic exercises will be presented. By the completion of
this course, attendees will be familiar will most orthopedic problems,
their assessment, and their conservative and post-operative management
using physical rehabilitation.
Seminar Outline:
Day 1:
8:00am - 8:30am - Course registration
8:30am - 8:45am - Course introduction
8:45an - 9:30am - Overview of orthopedic pathology: joints and long bones
9:30am - 10:00am - The carpus and manus
10:00am - 10:15am - Break
10:15am - 11:00am - The antebrachium
11:00am - 12:00pm - The elbow joint
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch break
1:00pm - 1:15pm - The brachium
1:15pm - 1:45pm - The shoulder joint
1:45pm - 2:15pm - The tarsus and pes
2:15pm - 2:45pm - The crus
2:45pm - 3:00pm - Break
3:00pm - 4:15pm - The stifle joint
4:15pm - 4:30pm - The thigh
4:30pm - 5:00pm - Q&A and discussion
5:00pm - End of Day 1
Day 2:
8:00am - 8:30 am - Q&A and discussion
8:30am - 9:30am - The hip joint
9:30am - 10:00am - The pelvis, sacro-iliac, and lumbo-sacral joints
10:00am - 10:15am - Break
10:15am - 10:45am - Manual therapy and orthopedic problems - Principles and
evidence-based review
10:45am - 11:15am - Modalities and orthopedic problems - Principles and
evidence-based review
11:15am - 12:00pm - Therapeutic exercises and orthopedic problems - Principles and evidence-based review
12:00pm - 1:00pm - Lunch break
1:00pm - 2:00pm - Support, protection, and ambulation assistance for
orthopedic patients - modern slings, orthoses, and prostheses
2:00pm - 3:00pm - Combining manual therapy, modalities, therapeutic
exercises, and ambulation assistance - Who needs what to manage acute, subacute, and chronic orthopedic problems?
3:00pm - 3:15pm - Break
3:15pm - 4:30pm - Group discussions - Patient assessment and management:
10 classic clinical cases
4:30pm - 5:00pm - Discussion period - Evaluations
5:00pm - Course ends
Learning Outcomes:
- Understand the functional anatomy (stability, motion) and classic
pathology (fibrosis, enthesophytosis / osteophytosis, and pain in
response to joint motion or joint loading) of limb joints
- Understand the functional anatomy and pathology of limb segments (antebrachium, brachium, crus, and thigh)
- Understand the impact of manual therapy, electrotherapeutic modalities,
and therapeutic exercises on limbs with orthopedic problems
- Be able to prescribe assistive device for protection, support, and ambulation assistance
- Be able to select physical rehabilitation protocols that are optimized for the management of complex orthopedic problems
