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Aug 14, 2024
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PT 120 - Observation and Measurement Principles for the Physical Therapist Assistant Credits: 2 Description Introduction to the principles for monitoring patient progress and safety and making recommendations for treatment modifications.
Student Learning Outcomes
- Explain the components of a patient history and an assessment and their importance/purpose in modifying patient treatment programs.
- Explain the difference between general tests, functional tests and special tests used in patient care.
- Explain the difference between reliability, objectivity and validity and their implications in test construction and content.
- Identify the normal and possible abnormal or compensatory responses that may occur during assessment.
- State the purpose of general guidelines and techniques in gross muscle range of motion and strength screens.
- Identify the major components of a goniometer, its use and the factors that affect measurements.
- Identify the steps to follow when measuring joint range of motion including identifying the major landmarks.
- Define muscle length, state the purpose and technique of muscle length testing.
- State the general principles and techniques used in evaluating muscle strength.
- Explain the methods of scoring a manual muscle examination, goniometric and muscle length measurements.
- Identify the innervation (roots, terminal nerves) of selected muscle and sensory areas and the methods of assessing the sensory modalities.
- Describe normal posture, how it affects normal motion and function and the methods of evaluating posture.
- Describe the benefits of using volumetric measurements for determining the amount of edema in specifically identified structures.
- Describe equilibrium and righting reactions and the body’s response to loss of balance.
- Demonstrate the ability to review and summarize the literature on selected topics related to observation and measurement techniques and application in conjunction with a written or oral presentation.
Prerequisite: PT 105 and PT 110 and PT 111 and PT 117 and PT 118 Corequisite: None Graded: Letter Grade
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