PT 642 | Therapeutic Exercise I

This course is designed to provide students with the necessary knowledge and skills to evaluate movement and prescribe therapeutic exercise. The course is integrated with several other movement-based courses in the curriculum, building on foundational topics covered in the first year of the program. Content related to movement evaluation is highly integrated with the concurrent PT641 course. This course begins by defining the variables that inform selection of movement evaluation tools and therapeutic exercise interventions, to include physiological, biomechanical, environmental, and personal factors. Instruction emphasizes the need for prescribing therapeutic exercise with precision and consideration of each individual's unique medical and activity history. Exercise interventions for the spine and lower extremities are the regional foci. At these regions, students learn to apply techniques relevant to patient needs throughout the episode of care. Finally, the course challenges the students' clinical reasoning and use of evidence as they learn to apply and integrate content from this course with knowledge and skills gleaned from other courses.