This course is designed to teach the process of physical therapy examination. The International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) model of health and health-related domains will be utilized to develop a general framework for physical therapy examination across systems. Students will learn to identify activities and participation level problems as well as, personal and environmental factors through patient history. Historical information, and task specific patient centered reports will direct the examination. Analysis of functional tasks will be performed and used to develop hypotheses and direct body structure (impairment level) testing. Students will learn the appropriate use of clinical examination tests across systems. The process of establishing relationships between participation, activities, and body structure impairments will be introduced. The interaction of the individual, the task, and the environment will be emphasized. Students will be introduced to interventions that target task and environmental constraints. Professionalism, medical terminology and methods of documentation will be incorporated.

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