Differential Diagnosis of the Lower Extremity - A Therapists Guide

3 CE Hours

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About the Course

The main focus of this course is to provide skills to assess systemic differential diagnosis that can mimic the symptoms of hip, knee, ankle-foot pain. Identifying the systemic cause and knowledge of referring to the physician or medical emergency services can potentially save precious time, resources and drastically change patient outcomes. This course will equip the clinicians with skills to stop chasing the symptoms and narrow down the source of dysfunction and pain earlier on in the course of therapy.

In addition, this is a concise course designed to be a handy reference guide for clinicians to perform a skilled evaluation, including subjective questioning and history taking, with objective examination with musculoskeletal special tests, and evidence based treatment strategies.

The participant should look forward to an energetic, interactive presentation with simplistic explanations of complex concepts and case studies with pop questions.

This course is based on the recorded webinar, Differential Diagnosis of the Lower Extremity - A Therapists Guide created by Rina Pandya in 2023.

Course Material Author

Rina Pandya, PT, DPT, FHEA, PGLTHE

Dr. Pandya is an MSK senior lecturer and Fellow, at the University of West England, Bristol, UK involved in both undergraduate and postgraduate studies. Dr. Pandya’s physical therapy career spans over 25 years, through the UK, the USA and the Middle East. She has worked in Nationalized Healthcare Services, American health care and self pay services in acute care, in-patient rehab, skilled nursing facility, home healthcare and outpatient clinic. In addition to being a clinician she has developed specialty programs based on evidence-based practice in her role as a project manager. She has also managed the Physical Therapy department in the capacity of Head of Department in a premier private hospital in Oman. Rina is an internationally published webinar presenter.

Dr. Pandya graduated from Manipal University, India in 2000 as well as University of Michigan, in 2018 with a Doctor of Physical Therapy. Rina conducts live webinars and is part of the continuing professional development teaching community with courses published in the UK, US, South Africa, Ireland and Australia. Rina is a member of APTA, HCPC-UK and OAP-Oman.

Disclosures

None to report.

Target Audience

This self-paced course is intended for Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, Occupational Therapists, and Occupational Therapy Assistants. (PT, PTA, OT, OTA)

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 Apply the knowledge MSK evaluation strategies for hip knee, ankle-foot joint clinically through identification of musculoskeletal injuries.
  2. 2 Analyse red flags and yellow flags, referral criteria for the physician.
  3. 3 Differentiate between systemic and musculoskeletal differential diagnosis in order to identify the need for therapy or refer to the physician or emergency services.
  4. 4 Demonstrate skilled patient interviewing techniques with system review questions for differential diagnosis.

Disclosure to Learners

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The following relevant financial relationships have been disclosed by this activity's planners, faculty, and the reviewer:

Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

There are no known relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Course Creator

Rina Pandya, PT, DPT, FHEA, PGLTHE – None to report.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

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Course Details

3 CE Hours
Recorded Webinar
Course 104450

Availability

This course is available until .

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