Course Outline

This two-day, advanced level course will focus on an algorithm-based method of evaluation and treatment of common orthopedic and sports related conditions. Dr. Manske’s educational and clinical teaching experiences create an optimal learning environment conducive to both lecture and “hands-on” learning. This course is designed to provide lecture supported by extensive laboratory exercises. The laboratory sessions are designed to assist the participant with developing the manual skills and dexterity needed to effectively palpate structures around the knee, master effective evaluation techniques and develop appropriate rehabilitation programs. Emphasis during the evaluation process of the laboratory sessions will be placed on mastering the clinical examination. The knee algorithm method will be thoroughly discussed and practiced to enhance the clinician’s ability to perform effective evaluations in a timely manner.

This course will include extensive discussion on the scientific, evidenced-based and clinical rationale for rehabilitation strategies and progressions for Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) injuries; Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries and ACL replacements; meniscal injuries and treatment methods for both meniscectomy and meniscus repair guidelines; and articular cartilage injuries. Conservative and surgical treatment are discussed in the lecture and laboratory exercises. Categorization of patellofemoral disorders, evaluation techniques and selective recruitment of the VMO are also addressed.

The information provided in this course can be applied immediately in the clinical setting. Participants will be provided the tools necessary to improve examination skills and to develop appropriate treatment interventions for their patients.

Course Objectives

• Explain the medical interventions utilized in the management of pathological conditions
of the knee commonly seen by physical therapists.
• Justify and relate the latest special testing procedures of specific pathologies of the
knee.
• Design and justify appropriate rehabilitation programs for different knee pathologies.
• Recognize and evaluate common knee injuries.
• Describe pathological conditions of the knee frequently encountered by clinicians.
• Discuss therapeutic exercise and compare and contrast techniques for various knee
pathologies.
• Implement and utilize functional outcome measurement tools for the knee.
• Use clinical decision–making processes to establish a differential diagnosis, synthesized
from data obtained by the PT examination.
• Develop evidence-based rehabilitation programs for specific pathologies that are
based on current scientific literature.
• Organize symptoms into clusters, syndromes or categories in order to be placed in
appropriate treatment regimes.
• Perform appropriate manual therapy techniques for the knee.
• Review various functional tests described in scientific literature used to determine your
patient’s functional return to activities.
• Describe the functional anatomy of the knee.
• Integrate current exercise technology into the rehabilitation process for knee injuries.
• Integrate functional testing and its progression into the rehabilitation process for knee
injuries.

Schedule of instruction

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