Description

Details:

Course Name: The Knee: Current Concepts in the Evaluation and Treatment 
Presenter: Bob Mangine, PT, MEd, ATC
Price: $130.00
Number of Contact Hours/CCU’s:  15
Target Audience: PT’s, PTA’s, OT’s, OTA’s
Included: One Link to Access the Entire Set of Videos, A Course Manual (e-mailed), Sign-in Sheet, Evaluation and Summary Sheet

Course Description:

This series will address the multiplicity of problems confronting the clinician dealing with rehabilitation of the knee. Patients with these pathologies demand a special attention which is frequently not provided. This series and course will help provide the attention that is important. This series and course will attempt to give the participant the historical development of the majority of commonplace procedures utilized in the clinic today through historical presentation.

Topics:

Anatomical structures and biomechanics of the knee
Orthopedic evaluation model of the knee
Management of the MCL/ACL injured knee
ACL: Early phase pathway
Variable of ACL risk of injury and concepts for advanced performance
Patrello-femoral: What’s new
Conservative management of the arthritic patient

Learning Objectives:

Describe pain producing structures within the Knee
Define examination techniques to correlate to a pathology
Define the 3 stages of a conservative ligament management program
Define the current trends in ACL management
Describe a Evaluation Based Rehabilitation protocol
Define Return to Play Criteria
Describe and progress a patient with Osteoarthritis of the Knee

Presenter: Robert Mangine, PT, MEd, ATC

Bob Mangine is currently head football trainer at the University of Cincinnati and Director of Sports Therapy for Cincinnati Residency for NovaCare Rehabilitation. He recently received the prestigious American Sports Medicine Institute Career Service Award for Contributions to baseball at the 28th Annual Injuries in Baseball Conference. The award was presented by James Andrews. Bob has multiple academic appointments including adjunct assistant professor University of Cincinnati Department of Orthopedics and clinical instructor of rehabilitation in the Sports Medicine Fellowship training program, Department of Orthpedics University of Cincinnati. Bob has participated in or presented at over 350 continuing education courses nationwide and published more than 60 articles. He served as president of the Sports Physical Therapy Section for 7 years.