Online Continuing Education Courses

Rehabilitation of the Lower Extremity: Thigh and Knee Injuries

• Identify common muscular injuries involving the quadriceps, hamstring, and groin areas
• Recall typical sports-related injuries to the thigh and apply appropriate treatment and rehabilitation strategies
• Apply different rehabilitation strategies based on stages of healing for soft tissue injuries of the thigh
• Recognize appropriate activities to increase muscular strength and endurance for the hamstring, quadriceps, and groin muscle groups
• Identify appropriate functional activities for rehabilitation of thigh injuries

• Identify activities that may cause detrimental stress on a healing/reconstructed anterior cruciate ligament, posterior cruciate ligament, medial collateral ligament, or lateral collateral ligament
• Identify activities that may cause detrimental stress on the patellofemoral joint
• Develop appropriate rehabilitation programs for athletes with a variety of knee injuries
• Determine when to advance an athlete's rehabilitation program by using specifi c measurable criteria
• Discuss the reliability, sensitivity, and specificity of arthrometry, lower extremity functional tests, and isokinetics
• Interpret information obtained from an arthrometer, lower extremity functional tests, and measures of strength