SMS 601 - Advanced Spine Differential Diagnosis to Return to Play

This course will introduce spinal injuries with a focus on an evidence-based approach to diagnosis, therapeutic interventions, rehabilitation and return to play. Students will perform detailed regional physical exams of the cervical and thoracolumbar spine. Integration of the stages of injury healing and the appropriate therapeutic intervention for each stage. Therapeutic interventions included in this course are manipulation, soft tissue, modalities, progressive rehabilitation and return to play evaluation.

Lecture Hours: 15
Lab Hours: 0
Total Hours: 15

Credits: 1
Prerequisites: DX 0407, DX 0507, CP 0717, DX 0407A, DX 0407B CP0717A, CP0717B DX 0507A, DX 0507B
Corequisites: None
Repeatable (# of times)
0
Clinical DDX to RTP Thread
Grade Type
Pass/No Pass