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Contact Hours2 Hours
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Preventing Athletic Lower Extremity Injuries: An Evidence and Experience Based Approach
Course Description
There has been a plethora of “Athletic Injury Prevention” strategies over the past 30 years however, the rates of athletic lower extremity injuries are not lowering in many sports. Prior research and personal experience have determined that there are effective procedures to help decrease the risk of athletic injury. This course will provide the attendee with information to integrate strategies and procedures to minimize hip, knee, and ankle injuries in the athletic population.
Course Objectives
At the end of this course, the participant will be able to:
- Explain the various etiological factors related to non-contact lower extremity injury based upon research evidence.
- Choose specific and effective therapeutic exercises to integrate in order to address the etiological factors based upon evidence.
- Discuss time sensitive intervention approaches to optimize time either for a team or an individual.
- Explain to a coach or an athlete the “Why” the exercises are important.
- Recognize the epidemiology of common hip, knee, and ankle injuries.
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as Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants
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as Speech Therapy
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Prerequisites
None
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Educational Level
Intermediate
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Other
Satisfactory completion of this course will require the participant to respond to polling questions asked throughout the webinar.