Exercise Prescription in the Home: Advanced Coordination & Skill

Presented by Wendy K. Anemaet

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Video Runtime: 33 Minutes; Learning Assessment Runtime: 22 Minutes

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It is well known that exercise can help patients at all phases of their rehabilitation, but what exercises are best for patients who have near normal strength, power, muscle endurance, balance, and aerobic capacity but just need to work on high level activities? In order to maximize function and delay declines, exercises prescribed during this time need to focus on advanced coordination and multimodal training. This course discusses the physiology behind advanced coordination and skill exercises including plyometrics, how clinicians can use a clinical decision making process for therapeutic exercise prescription, and practical examples of assessing and prescribing exercise for older adults. With this information clinicians bring patients and clients to their highest level of function through appropriate use of exercise.

Meet your instructor

Wendy K. Anemaet

Dr. Wendy K. Anemaet, a physical therapist since 1989 in home health, acute care, rehabilitation, outpatient, and skilled nursing, is an associate professor at the School of Physical Therapy at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. Wendy received her Master’s in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California and…

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Chapters & learning objectives

The Physiology of Advanced Coordination and Skill

1. The Physiology of Advanced Coordination and Skill

This chapter details where exercise for advanced coordination and skill fits within the exercise framework. It describes types of exercises and elements of exercise that would be appropriate and discusses patients who might benefit from exercise to enhance advanced coordination and skill.

Assessing the Need for and Progress with Advanced Coordination and Skill Exercise

2. Assessing the Need for and Progress with Advanced Coordination and Skill Exercise

This chapter describes the type of patient who might benefit from advanced coordination and skill exercise. In addition, various methods of assessing advanced coordination and skill are included as well as parameters for prescribing effective exercises.

Exercises for Advanced Coordination and Skill

3. Exercises for Advanced Coordination and Skill

This chapter will describe the types of exercises and how you would prepare dosage to help your patient gain some advanced coordination and skill. We'll also take a look into the links in plyometrics and how it produces long-term muscle endurance.

Case Application of Exercises for Advanced Coordination and Skill

4. Case Application of Exercises for Advanced Coordination and Skill

We'll wrap of this course with a case of a patient with decreased high level balance and coordination after a total knee arthroplasty. It includes a demonstration of assessment and outcome measurement techniques and exercise prescription for advanced coordination and skill.