#7255 Foot Drop & Falls Post Stroke: AFO-Related Innovative Interventions for Safe Mobility

#7255 Foot Drop & Falls Post Stroke: AFO-Related Innovative Interventions for Safe Mobility is organized by MotivationsCEU..

Description:
Falls due to foot drop during activities of daily living (ADLs) and participation in life roles are common among stroke survivors. Physical therapy practitioners have ample opportunities to address foot drop at the body structure function and activity levels though interventions that focus on recovery, prevention and compensation. Physical therapy practitioners are missing one innovative AFO-related strategy that can reduce falls and furthermore, improve the probability of fall recovery through the developmental sequence of high kneel to half kneel, then to sitting or standing. This course addresses how physical therapy practitioners can apply this innovation that will improve safe mobility needed for gait during ADLs and therapeutic interventions related to societal roles with the outcome of reducing falls and mastering fall recovery.

Objectives:
Upon completion of this course, the participant will be able to:

1. define the purpose of an AFO.
2. choose the appropriate assessment to measure impairments related to foot drop at the body structure function and activity levels requiring gait for safe mobility.
3. differentiate appropriate interventions that address impairments at body structure/function or activity levels using recovery, compensation or prevention as a premise to promote safe mobility and prevent falls.
4. compare interventions that are activity-level appropriate for functional mobility versus those targeting the musculoskeletal or neuromuscular system at the body structure function level.
5. integrate concepts of recovery, compensation or prevention, AFO modifications, and fall prevention/recovery that can be immediately applied to neurologic rehabilitation practice for safe mobility.