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Stroke Rehab - Athletic Trainer


Stroke Rehab 143
Psychosocial and Community Reintegration

5.0

$70.00 USD

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  • Become familiar with a variety of ethical issues in the care of stroke survivors
  • Examine the various aspects and factors related to informed consent
  • Outline and describe how stroke impacts family members and discuss the research on caregiver intervention
  • Examine the various aspects for driving after stroke including neurologic disorders that effect driving, crash risk and determining fitness for driving
  • Understand the role of sports and recreation after stroke and the importance of activity
  • Become familiar with sexuality after stroke including the physiology of sexual function
  • Understand vocational rehabilitation options after stroke and the role of employer accommodation


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 142

Stroke Care Systems and Outcomes


6.0

$84.00 USD

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  • Outline and describe 5 stroke-specific functional assessment tools and the role of each
  • Understand and examine a variety of predictive factors that are related to stroke recovery
  • Become familiar with and examine various stroke services and factors that influence stroke services
  • Understand the common services and solutions that are available for patients with stroke
  • Follow the progression of stroke rehab along the continuum of care and examine postacute rehab defining each state of treatment
  • Become familiar with stroke in pediatrics. Outline the categories and epidemiology of pediatric stroke. Exam risk factors, diagnostic imaging and list 3 treatment and management techniques
  • Become familiar with stroke in young adults. Outline the categories and epidemiology of pediatric stroke. Exam risk factors, diagnostic imaging and list 3 treatment and management techniques
  • Become familiar with stroke in older adults. Outline the categories and epidemiology of pediatric stroke. Exam risk factors, diagnostic imaging and list 3 treatment and management techniques


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 141
Other Rehabilitation Therapeutics

3.0

$42.00 USD

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  • Describe how orthotics can be used in the management of upper limb restoration after stroke
  • List 3 ways that orthotics can be used in the management of lower limb restoration after stroke
  • Summarize 10 indications for the use of AFO's
  • Describe the role of functional electrical stimulation after stroke
  • Describe and analyze the role of alternative, complementary and integrative medicine and therapy after stroke
  • Examine movement therapies, manipulative and body-based practices after stroke
  • Describe the role of seating, assistive technology and equipment management for individuals who have suffered a stroke
  • Outline and describe the use of electronic aids for daily living and examine 3 ways that augmentative communication can be used after stroke


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 140

Poststroke Complications and Their Treatment


7.0

$98.00 USD

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  • Become familiar with secondary ways to prevent stroke by examining a variety of risk factors and listing ways that each can be managed
  • Examine and analyze cardiovascular and musculoskeletal health to prevent deconditioning after stroke
  • Outline 3 strategies for designing exercise programs in stroke survivors
  • Summarize and describe at least 5 medical complications after stroke
  • Understand the physiology of spasticity after stroke and examine 3 ways to measure it
  • Describe 3 ways of managing spasticity after stroke and the characteristics of each intervention
  • Outline musculoskeletal complications after stroke and examine characteristics of pain, and common shoulder conditions after stroke


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 139
Sensorimotor Impairments and Their Treatment

7.0

$98.00 USD

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  • Outline and describe 5 patterns of locomotor recovery after stroke
  • Analyze and describe the effects of stroke severity on locomotor recovery
  • Describe task-oriented training and differentiate it from neuromuscular re-education
  • Summarize key components of at least 3 emerging and innovative approaches to upper limb rehabilitation
  • Describe the use, application and effectiveness of neuromuscular electrical stimulation for motor restoration in hemiplegia
  • Discuss what robots are and why they are used in stroke rehabilitation inlcuding 3 advantages and disadvantages
  • Become familiar with and describe 5 components of using virtual reality and video games for stroke rehabilitation
  • Analyze and describe walking recovery progression after stroke including biomechanics of poststroke gait, early and poststroke patterns of recovery
  • Describe 3 components involved in walking rehabilitation interventions following stroke


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 138

Neurologic Impairments and Their Treatment


6.0

$84.00 USD

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  • Outline and describe 3 characteristics of each cortical aphasia
  • Describe 5 different approaches to aphasia rehabilitation
  • Describe characteristics and treatment for apraxia of speech and dysarthria
  • Describe the 4 stages of swallowing and critical components of each stage
  • Cite 3 key components in the evaluation and assessment of dysphagia
  • Review and describe 5 syndromes that result from right hemisphere effected stroke
  • Describe 3 emotional communication disorders that result from right hemisphere stroke
  • Summarize and describe the scope and spectrum of poststroke cognitive dysfuntion
  • Analyze and describe 3 ways to manage poststroke cognitive dysfunction
  • Outline and differentiate the clinical characteristics of central poststroke pain


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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Stroke Rehab 137
Neurophysiology of Stroke Recovery

4.0

$56.00 USD

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  • Describe various mechanisms and neurophysiology of recovery from stroke
  • Describe how imaging is used in regard to stroke recovery
  • Outline 3 changes to brain function in relation to recovery of behavior after stroke
  • List and describe 3 anatomical biomarkers used as predictors of recovery after stroke
  • Describe how genetics can influence stroke recovery
  • Outline 3 other factors that influence recovery after stroke
  • Become familiar with the physiological basis of rehabilitation in stroke
  • Describe rehabilitation training techniques that target the central nervous system, spinal cord and skeletal muscle
 


Joanne Brown, MS, OT, CHT

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