Rehabilitation for Persons with Neurodegenerative Disorders Course
Rehabilitation for Persons with Neurodegenerative Disorders Course is organized by PT Seminars.
Course Description:
This course will provide a brief focused review of the most common neurodegenerative diseases, including amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Huntington’s Disease, Parkinson’s Disease, Alzheimer’s, Friedreich’s ataxia, Lewy Body Disease, and Spinal Muscle Atrophy. The participant will be provided with concise overviews of each disease/disorder and a strategy for differential diagnosis of these disorders. An evidence-based review of current rehabilitation strategies for each disease/disorder will be provided.
This online certificate course for Physical Therapists, PTA’s, Occupational Therapists & COTA’s, is a learning module taught by on-demand streaming video. At the end of the course, there will be a quiz. Upon successful completion of the quiz, a certificate confirming completion of the Rehabilitation for Persons with Neurodegenerative Disorders Course will be issued.
Course Objectives:
• Identify the pathophysiology of the most common neurogenerative disorders
• Recognize the signs and symptoms of the most common neuodegenerative disorders
• Differentiate between various neurodenerative disorders via organized differential diagnosis
• Develop rehabilitation strategies for each disorder based on current evidence.