GAIT: Functional Gait: Component Assessment and Treatment - Pasadena

GAIT: Functional Gait: Component Assessment and Treatment is organized by The Institute of Physical Art, Inc. (IPA) and will be held from Mar 22 - 24, 2019 at Landswick Physical Therapy, Inc., Pasadena, California, United States of America. This Conference has been approved for a maximum of 20 Contact Hours.

Audience:
PT. PTA, OT, SPT
Attendees agree to utilize all skills of evaluation, assessment and treatment learned in this course to the extent allowed under the regulations of their professional practice act. By registering you acknowledge that your attendance does not represent authorization by the IPA, or any of its officers, to utilize any of the material learned which may lie outside of the strict interpretation of your practice act.

Course Purpose:
Many aspects of function are impeded by motor control problems that are reflected in a patient’s gait and rolling patterns. The skill to observe and then affect a positive impact on a patient’s gait dysfunction is a powerful tool in the total rehabilitation of both orthopedic and neurological patients. Building on the foundational skills learned in other IPA courses,Functional Gait emphasizes component assessment and the governing structural and motor control factors which influence each component. Each gait component is self-evaluated,assessed by two partners, and then treated using PNF, CFS®, and FM treatment strategies.

Course Objectives:
By the end of the course, the participant will demonstrate through small group discussion monitored by the instructor the ability to identify:
• The biomechanical principal which govern gait
• The mechanical, neuromuscular, and motor control impairments which can alter efficient gait
• The functional interrelationship of the body's systems and regions necessary for efficient gait 

By the end of course, the participant will demonstrate the manual and visual skills necessary to accurately:
• Analyze gait dysfunctions in lab partners or on video

The participant will develop the manual and observational skills to:
• Assess the mechanical impairments contributing to the identified inefficient gait
• Assess the neuromuscular CoreFirst strategies necessary to perform efficient gait
• Perform appropriate mobilization and re-education treatment to facilitate a more efficient gait pattern

By the end of the course, participant will demonstrate, through supervised lab practice sessions, the ability to perform appropriate manual skills of mechanical, neuromuscular, and motor control treatment to correct any identified gait dysfunctions in lab partners.

By the end of the course, the participant will demonstrate, in supervised lab practice sessions the ability to instruct the patient in an appropriate home program.

Throughout the course, the participant will participate in guided discussions related to the current evidence for Gait assessment and treatment.