Clinical Orthopedic Physical Therapy: Knee Pain and Dysfunction with Focus on Knee Arthroplasty.

Whether you are a new graduate or an advanced clinician, Pain Series CE will provide an answer and guidance to better understand pain and select the most effective interventions.  Pain can no longer be considered merely a symptom. It is currently considered to be a disease. The evaluator’s learning, expertise, or specialty will determine how the evaluator thinks about pain. Soft tissues have long been considered the major source of pain and disability. Soft tissues constitute the site of impairment leading to functional limitation, disability, and pain. The course will focus on the arthroplasty surgical approaches and how they affect the outcome. The course also will provide an explanation of persistent pain following knee arthroplasty.

Learning Objectives

Clinicians will learn:

1. An introduction to pain pathway (How pain is generated, Science behind pain subjectivity, Central sensitization as it relates to knee pain.
2. Review of functional anatomy and biomechanics of the knee region.
3. Application of Cyriax concept for assessment of the knee.
4. Assessment of the knee with focus on special tests including comparison of the specificity and sensitivity of most common special tests.
5. Review of the most common disorders of the knee region (Iliotibial band Syndrome, Osgood-Schlatter disease, Baker Cyst, and Knee OA)
6. Total Knee Arthroplasty TKA, Pre and post-operative rehabilitation, Complications, and Causes of persistent pain and imping after TKA
7. Explanation of persistent pain following total knee arthroplasty