Course Code: REL-RTS-0-IKEPTIF
Hours: 1
Type: Online Course
Content Expiration Date: 1/31/2025
Learning Objectives:
Define hyperkyphosis.
Identify clinical measurements for hyperkyphosis and expectations for change.
Indicate associations between hyperkyphosis and physical function and other health outcomes.
Recall treatments to improve hyperkyphosis and the clinical benefits.
Outline:
Introduction
Hyperkyphosis: Definition, Prevalence, and Risk Factors (2:13)
Impact of Hyperkyphosis on Health Status (4:49)
How to Measure Kyphosis in Clinical Practice (9:12)
Expectations for Change (11:12)
Multimodal Physical Therapy Intervention (14:20)
Taping Technique (24:28)
Mobilization: Is it Safe? (25:49)
Explaining Expected Improvements to Patients (26:50)
The Impact of Physical Therapy on Functional Measures (28:44)
Case Example: Meeting The Patient Where They Are (32:07)
Kyphosis and Pain (35:55)
Addressing Kyphosis in the Plan of Care (38:07)
Considerations for the Frail Population (39:06)
Case Example: A Patient with Severe Kyphosis (42:34)
Prescribing an HEP: Meeting Your Patient Where They Are (47:04)
Bracing (49:31)
Summary (51:18)
Conclusion (52:01)
Instructor: Amy Gladin, PT, MPT, DPT, OCS.
Dr. Gladin is a physical therapist with 25 years of clinical experience and in the last 10 years has expanded her role as a clinician research scientist at Kaiser Permanente San Francisco Medical Center. Her clinical and research interests include finding creative ways to preserve physical function among older adult populations, hyperkyphosis, and development of exercise and education-based interventions for health disparities in the Latino community. She has been a co-investigator on three NIH funded interventional trials targeting hyperkyphosis among older adults and principal investigator on two Kaiser Permanente Northern California Community Benefit grants interventional studies targeting health disparities in the Latino/Hispanic community. She has published her research in peer-reviewed journals and presented at national and international conferences.
Target Audience:
The target audience for this course is: Physical Therapists; in the following settings: Rehabilitation Settings.
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Course Delivery Method and Format
Asynchronous Distance Learning with interactivity which includes quizzes with questions/answers, and posttests.