Maximizing Recovery After Stroke: Maximizing Lower Extremity Recovery and Functional Mobility

Course Description

Are you ready to learn how to apply evidence in LE recovery after stroke? Are you aware that there are proven techniques to facilitate movement in a flaccid extremity that are different from
those that serve us best once movement has emerged? Are you aware that these are different from the best interventions for those with mild weakness or even persistent (chronic stroke) weakness? Do you know how to improve each and translate into function, as movement emerges? Can you name three ways to “force” movement and drive neuroplasticity in motor control – or sensory recovery? Are the principles and your approaches toward LE and gait recovery different to create skilled movement, re-create automatized movement (without thinking)? If you already have answers for all of these questions…you don’t need to attend this course!

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:

• List 3 techniques to more successfully facilitate motion in the flaccid LE.
• Summarize best evidence in applications for post-stroke gait training to achieve independent community ambulation.
• Explain how to use dual task interference to promote greater automaticity in recovery of mobility and ADLs.
• Discriminate between and identify spasticity vs tone, the functional implications, and the best evidence in management for each.
• Identify 3 applications of forced use therapy for LE motor recovery.

• Prerequisites

  None

• Educational Level

  Intermediate

• Other

  Satisfactory completion of this course will require the participant to complete a 10 question post-test with a minimum passing score of 70%.