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The course: Advanced Gait Training for Neurological Patients by Jonathan Henderson

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• Course language: English

Whether you’re looking to update your approach to gait training or enhance your facility’s services for neuro patients, this course has you covered.

Explore a comprehensive gait analysis framework for quickly identifying and interpreting gait problems in the neurological population.

Discover hands-on interventions that will help you produce faster improvements for your patients.

And return to your clinical practice with new tools for enhancing patient performance in functional tasks.

1. Explain key concepts and principles therapists can apply to help patients develop a more normal gait pattern
2. Review normal gait pattern and the gait cycle
3. Assess problems with the neurological involved gait pattern
4. Demonstrate examination, analysis, and treatment strategies for patients who have altered gait mechanics and lower extremity weakness

Normal vs Abnormal Gait in a Nutshell

How to Quickly Identify the Underlying Cause of Abnormal Gait

Upgrade Your Rehab Toolbox with the Latest Gait Training Methods

• Effective techniques to:
  • Return patients to a more normal gait pattern
  • Engage and activate weak muscles
  • Engage trunk and arms during the gait cycle
  • Prevent falls
  • Improve balance and posture
  • Enhance performance of functional tasks

Practical Applications for Common Functional Tasks

Design Your Own Solutions with Guided Case Scenarios

• Case scenario: Develop an effective treatment approach for the hemiparetic gait pattern
• Case scenario: Overcome barriers to strategy implementation related to physically demanding patients