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Exercise Prescription: Testing and Interventions for the Complex Patient

June 3 & 4, 2010

Shoreline Conference Center

Greater Seattle, WA Area

                                                                               

Presenter: Steven Tepper, PT, PhD

                          

Description:      Endurance...how do you know if your patient is safe to climb the stairs, walk across the room, or jog around the block? Is your exercise program effectively increasing your patient's endurance? Join your colleagues in the examination, selection, and administration of specific tests and measures for patients/clients with endurance impairment. Emphasis will be on differentiating the cause of endurance impairment. A case-based approach will be used to demonstrate the scientific basis of tests used in a variety of physical therapy settings to measure endurance across the continuum. Additional examination and interventions relevant to the cases will be discussed. A lab will enable participants to perform different tests of endurance, vascular insufficiency, pulmonary function, and body mass index.                                                               

                                                                                

Upon completion of this course, you will be able to:

                 

·      Differentiate probable cause and mechanism for endurance impairments                                                         

·      Review (and perform some of the) methods to examine endurance and other relevant  impairments                                                                         

 

·      Select the appropriate endurance test for the cases presented                                                          

·      Realize the importance of physiological monitoring of patients while at rest and during exercises                                                       

 

·      Differentiate when exercise/activity might be contraindicated                                                         

·      Differentiate the signs/symptoms that would cause you to limit exercise/activity                                              

·      Prescribe appropriate exercise training programs for the given cases                                                       

·      Explain the evidence revealed in the literature for endurance training         

 

Schedule:

Day 1

7:30 – 8:00        Registration
8:00 am              Endurance: Factors Effecting & Differential Diagnosis
10:30 am            Break
10:45 am            Contraindications and Termination Points of Exercise

11:45 am            Lunch (on your own)
12:45 pm            How Much Exercise Is Necessary
1:45 pm              Break
2:00 pm              Basic Endurance Tests Often Used by PTs
4:45 pm    
    Benefits of Routine Aerobic Training 

5:45 pm         Review/Discussion

 

Day 2

 

8:00             Perform Endurance Tests, Body Mass Index, & ABI
10:45
     Break
11:00
     Examine Results From Tests
Noon            Lunch (on your own)
1:00 pm       Case Studies
2:45 pm      Break
3:00 pm      Case Studies (continued)
4:00- pm    Wrap-up With Your Questions

5:00 pm     Adjourn

 

 

Required Equipment/Clothing:

(participants' responsibility)

Please come prepared for laboratory (shorts and t-shirts and sports bras for women) and for air-conditioned environments throughout the day (bring warm-up or workout clothes).  At the most, you will be asked to walk/jog one mile.

 

Presenter - Steven H. Tepper, PT, PhD

 

Dr. Tepper directs the transitional DPT program at University of Montana. He is an adjunct professor with the University of Delaware, University of Maryland, George Washington University, University of Northern Arizona, Daemen College, Utica College, The Ohio State University and other programs.  Dr. Tepper is also the President of Rehab Essentials, Inc.  Dr. Tepper received his BS in Physical Therapy and a PhD in Experimental Pathology from the University of Maryland.  He taught at University of Maryland for 12 years and then spent 13 years Shenandoah University where he was a professor and Director of the entry-level and transitional-DPT programs. His fields of experience include an interest in endurance testing, differential diagnosis of endurance impairments, and the effects exercise training has on disease or the prevention of disease.  He has authored several chapters and peer reviewed journal articles on various topics.  His professional highlights include President of the Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Section of the APTA, Task Force Member on Clinical Practice Guidelines III for the APTA, recipient of the Cardiopulmonary Sections Linda Crane Merit Award, University of Maryland Alumnus of the Year 2003, and Robert C. Bartlett Award for Innovation in Fundraising from the Foundation for Physical Therapy, 2005.  Dr. Tepper has a passion for teaching.


Course Fee: $425.00

Group Discount: Groups of 3, take $15 off each registration.  Groups of 5 or more, take $30 off each registration.  Groups must submit one registration form per person. Groups must send or fax registration forms in as a group.


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