DPTE 823 - Neuromuscular II

(5 hours) Prerequisites: Successful completion of previous Summer term, Year II, CSU PT classes. Didactic: Application and integration of knowledge acquired in neuroanatomy and motor control & motor learning as well as of neuroplasticity. This content is synthesized to determine how pathophysiology contributes to subsequent impairment resulting in movement dysfunction associated with neurologic diagnoses and impairments not covered in DPTE 733, primarily consisting of vestibular disorders, spinal cord injury and degenerative and chronic diseases of upper and lower motor neuron origin. Application (Laboratory Component): Evaluation, treatment and management of adults with neurologic impairment using a systems approach to include motor development theory, task analysis and evidence-based practice as foundations for developing proficiency in executing evaluation, treatment and management of impairments that are degenerative and chronic in nature. Various treatment interventions previously learned are modified, built upon and applied to this diagnostic group of acquired brain and spinal cord injury based on impairment. Note: This course cannot be challenged.