Chicago (Oak Brook), IL
United States
October 5-6, 2024
Athletico
2122 York Blvd
Oak Brook, IL 60523
Room: Athletico Resource Center
This course consists of a live, two-day course on October 5-6, 2024 as well as access to the Virtual Hand Therapy Review Course, consisting of 21 on-demand sessions including a cadaver lab.
The log-in credentials to access the Virtual Hand Therapy Review Course online portal will be sent to the participant in a separate email within one week of your registration.
Anatomy Virtual Offering: ASHT Virtual Hand Therapy Review Course
Foundational Science of the Upper Extremity: An Anatomy and Kinesiology Review
Course Description:
A working knowledge of the anatomy and kinesiology of the upper extremity provides a solid foundation for therapeutic evaluation and intervention. Using virtual lecture and cadaver sessions, the attendee will have access to anatomy review, cadaver dissection and access to the full Virtual Hand Therapy Review Course, which consists of 21 on-demand sessions, including a cadaver lab and an online course manual containing all of the virtual session presentations. This pre-course will review the anatomy and biomechanics of the hand, wrist, elbow, and shoulder and examine the brachial plexus and innervation patterns of the arm and hand. Attendees will have indefinite access to the virtual course material.
Virtual Learning Objectives
At the conclusion of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Identify three areas of personal weakness in the practice of hand therapy in order to create a personal learning plan to remediate areas of the clinician's own limited understanding.
- Explain interaction between bony anatomy, static and dynamic stabilizers, and proprioceptive reflexes necessary to allow pain free range of motion and force transmission across the following joints: digits, thumb, wrist, elbow, and shoulder.
- Describe and label the brachial plexus.
Saturday, October 5-6, 2024
Comprehensive Survey of Hand Therapy Review Course
Course Description:
This course is designed to provide a comprehensive review of the evaluation and intervention processes pursued for typical diagnoses in upper extremity rehabilitation. Advanced clinicians will describe fundamental concepts, clinical reasoning, and evidence to provide a multi-faceted approach to the hand therapy process. Adjunctive methods for intervention will be analyzed as a means to facilitate outcomes, and expert panels will be offered throughout the weekend to allow a high level of attendee-faculty interaction via case discussion.
In Person Day 1 and 2 Learning Objectives:
At the end of this activity, participants will be able to:
- Design and implement a treatment plan for patients with common upper extremity diagnoses, including: cubital tunnel syndrome; carpal tunnel syndrome; adhesions or tightness (e.g. musculotendinous, capsular); digit amputations; hand arthritis and rheumatic diseases; crush injuries/mutilating trauma of the hand); dislocations and subluxations of the shoulder and elbow; Dupuytren’s disease; upper extremity fractures of the finger, hand, wrist, forearm and upper arm; wrist, elbow or shoulder ligamentous injury and instability.
- Describe three priorities to consider when formulating a treatment plan for a patient with a digital level replant at the proximal phalanx.
- Justify clinical application of three separate physical agents given a patient with edema, pain and sensory disturbance.
- Determine how to modify hand therapy protocols according to patient-specific variables for patients with the following conditions: hand fractures (phalangeal, metacarpal) and wrist fractures (carpal or distal radius); tendon injuries (flexor or extensor injuries) for patients who have complications due to flexor or extensor tendon adherence.
- Discuss three discrete patterns of wrist instability given a patient history, symptoms and results of diagnostic testing and clinical special testing.
- Propose a treatment plan including orthosis and safe exercise progression given a patient with triangular fibrocartilage complex injuries and ulnar wrist pain.
- Design a custom program considering post-operative limitations for each patient after arthroplasties, including one each of the following procedures: shoulder reverse or traditional arthroplasty, elbow total arthroplasty, wrist total arthroplasty, thumb carpometacarpophalangeal interposition arthroplasty and index, middle, ring, and small digits metacarpophalangeal and proximal interphalangeal arthroplasty.
- Identify two appropriate rehabilitation goals and three interventions to promote post-operative healing and recovery of function in the spectrum of three conditions of rotator cuff injury (tendinitis, tendinosis, and rotator cuff tear) and two instability conditions of the shoulder (traumatic unidirectional and atraumatic multidirectional).
Registration Fees
- Members: $450
- Non-Members $560
Registration is on a first come first served basis. Limited enrollment is planned to ensure quality of course and ample instructor-participant attention. Cancellation of registration up to two weeks prior to course date will result in a refund minus a $50 cancellation fee. THERE WILL BE NO REFUNDS AFTER THIS ESTABLISHED DEADLINE. It is the responsibility of the registrant to notify ASHT of cancellation in writing or by email to education@asht.org. Refunds will be issued within 30 days of notification. In the unlikely event that a course is canceled, ASHT will provide full refund of the registration fee only.
All grievances may be directed to the ASHT Education Division by sending an email to:
education@asht.org.
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Participants will receive a digital course manual prior to the live event date containing the presentations from the two-day course.
For further information or questions regarding this course, contact education@asht.org.
Learn More About Athletico Physical Therapy
ASHT is an AOTA Approved Provider of professional development. PD activity approval ID#4007. This Live activity is offered at 16 contact hours/1.6 CEUs at Introductory-Intermediate-Advanced Education Level, OT Service Delivery & Foundational Knowledge. This On-demand activity is offered at 20 contact hours/2.0 CEUs at Introductory-Intermediate-Advanced Education Level, OT Service Delivery & Foundational Knowledge. AOTA does not endorse specific course content, products, or clinical procedures.