Patient/Client Management II: Examination and Evaluation (PHTH714C)
(08/31/2020-12/11/2020)
Course Memo
This course, as the first of two courses in this series, provides students with the knowledge and skills to select and perform general patient examination tests and measures frequently used by physical therapists including but not limited to: the patient interview, measurement of range of motion, measurement of muscle length, and manual muscle testing. The psychometric properties of each of these tests and measures are examined and the clinical reasoning skills necessary to perform the evaluation portion of the patient/client management model are practiced.