Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Injuries Course 1

Learning Objectives

1. Indicate the personal issues that the rehabilitation clinician must keep in mind when treating a patient.
2. Define rehabilitation.
3. Discuss how examination of a patient is related to rehabilitation of that patient.
4. Describe the components of a rehabilitation program.
5. Identify the phases of rehabilitation.
6. Explain what disablement models are and why they are important in rehabilitation.
7. Outline the importance of evidence-based practice and outcomes-based rehabilitation.
8. Explain the differences between primary and secondary healing.
9. Identify the healing phases.
10. Describe the primary processes of each healing phase.
11. Discuss the causes for the signs of inflammation.
12. Explain the influence of growth factors in healing.
13. Discuss the differences between acute and chronic inflammation.
14. Discuss the healing characteristics of specific tissues.
15. Identify the relevance of tensile strength.
16. Discuss factors that can modify the healing process.
17. Explain the role NSAIDs play in inflammation.
18. Identify the three Rs of rehabilitation and explain how they relate to healing.
19. Discuss the timing of treatment with the various stages of healing.
20. Provide a rationale for why only modalities are used during the first and second phases of healing.
21. Identify the actions a clinician should take if a returning patient report increased pain and swelling because of the previous treatment session.
22. Compare and contrast the treatments provided in the first phase of healing and the last phase of healing and provide a rationale for why they are different.
23. Describe why there are more people involved in sport and recreation today and therefore more who incur musculoskeletal injuries.
24. Discuss why little is known about sport injuries in the very young and the very old.
25. Explain why it is important to know how to manage musculoskeletal injuries of preadolescent and older people.
26. Provide an outline of growth and development based on the Tanner system and explain how boys and girls vary in the process.
27. Identify the problems associated with an anterior cruciate Ligament reconstruction for a younger person.
28. Explain the precautions that one should take when providing a rehabilitation program to an older patient.
29. Identify the progression of osteoarthritis.
30. Discuss the secondary factors that add to debilitation when osteoarthritis occurs.