Lower limb tendinopathies – Diagnosis, Evaluation and Evidence-Based Treatments
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Lower limb tendinopathies occurs in all age groups and presents an enormous clinical challenge due to high prevalence, chronic nature of the pathology, and the negative effect on physical activity. Exercise rehabilitation is considered to have the highest evidence for effectiveness as treatment, yet many patients struggle with pain and symptoms for a long time.
During the rehabilitation questions arise relating to how to prescribe the exercise (dosing and type of exercises), when should you consider other treatment avenues, and how to individualize the treatment for your patient can be a challenge. The response to treatment also varies between patients.
This course will provide for an understanding of tendon structure, function, pathology, impact of loading and unloading of tendon, which is the foundation for providing evidence-based evaluation and treatment . It will include evidence-based theoretical and practical sessions for how to diagnose, assess, rehabilitate patients with lower limb tendinopathies (Achilles, patellar, gluteal, tibialis posterior) from initial injury to full return to sport.
Leerdoelen
- Describe the impact of loading and unloading on tendon structure.
- Understand and explain the effects of mechanical loading and exercise on tendon recovery from injury.
- Demonstrate and understanding of the evidence for various types of exercise treatments for patients with tendinopathy.
- Apply the evidence from research on the topic of examination, diagnosis, and intervention to the individual patient with tendinopathy.
- Identify the influence of activity level, age, metabolic and psychosocial factors on injury risk, treatment and recovery.
- Understand how multiple factors (including personal, structural, and biomechanical) can contribute to tendon pain and function within a biopsychosocial model.
- Identify the core outcome domains of tendinopathy and understand how to evaluate those in patients with lower limb tendinopathy.
- Device and implement evidence-based exercise progressions based on objective findings and scientific evidence for patients with lower limb tendinopathy.
- Develop an individualized rehabilitative plan of care for return to sport in patients with tendinopathy.
Docent
Dr. Karin Grävare Silbernagel PT, ATC, PhD is a Professor and Associate Chair at the Department of Physical Therapy, University of Delaware, Newark, DE USA.
She is a clinical scientist with a strong record of mentoring clinical scientists. Her expertise is in orthopaedics and musculoskeletal injury with a focus on tendon and ligament injury. She has been a physical therapist for over 30 years and performed research for over 20 years. At University of Delaware she is the principal investigator of the Delaware Tendon Research Group and the Delaware ACL Research Group. Her work has been directly integrated into the clinical guidelines for treatment of patients with tendon injuries.
She has presented her research at numerous conferences and published in peer-reviewed journals (120+ published articles to date). She has also been invited to speak about her research at conferences nationally and internationally. As the principal investigator of Tendon Research Group at the University of Delaware she is working to advance understanding of tendon injuries and repair so that tailored treatments can be developed. The Delaware Tendon Research Group is an interdisciplinary team focused on improving treatment outcomes for tendon injuries. Her research approach is to evaluate tendon health and recovery by quantifying tendon composition, structure, and mechanical properties, as well as patients’ impairments and symptoms. Her research is funded by the NIH, Foundation for Physical Therapy, Swedish Research Council for Sport Science, and Swedish Research Council
Doelgroep
(Sport)Kinesitherapeuten, manueel therapeuten, (sport)artsen
Accreditatie
Pro-Q-Kine 24 pt
Prijs
650€ (excl btw) , 30% korting indien betaling met KMO-Portefeuille (bij uw aanvraag dient u te opteren voor het thema 'beroepsspecifieke competenties')
Inbegrepen
Syllabus, lunch en koffiepauzes.
