The sporting knee
Best practice requires advanced skills in diagnoses, treatment and rehabilitation when treating patients with acute and complex knee conditions.
The aim of this course is to improve participant's evidence-based clinical knowledge of knee conditions and apply this to the rehabilitation of their patients in a wide variety of practical settings (sedentary to elite sporting populations).
On completion of this course, participants would be expected to have an advanced understanding of the diagnostic criteria and management approaches necessary to treat these conditions.
There is a bias towards active sporting patient populations within this course, with multidisciplinary presentations on Orthopaedics, Radiology, Sports Physiotherapy and Athletic Development.
This course will focus on advanced level clinical reasoning and treatment approaches explored in other APA / SPA courses, with a particular practical focus on mid to end stage rehabilitation.
The aim of this course is to improve participant's evidence-based clinical knowledge of knee conditions and apply this to the rehabilitation of their patients in a wide variety of practical settings (sedentary to elite sporting populations).
On completion of this course, participants would be expected to have an advanced understanding of the diagnostic criteria and management approaches necessary to treat these conditions.
There is a bias towards active sporting patient populations within this course, with multidisciplinary presentations on Orthopaedics, Radiology, Sports Physiotherapy and Athletic Development.
This course will focus on advanced level clinical reasoning and treatment approaches explored in other APA / SPA courses, with a particular practical focus on mid to end stage rehabilitation.
Online registrations have now closed. Please contact the APA to manually register.
Learning outcomes
- Have an advanced understanding of diagnostic radiology in reference to knee conditions, including XRay and MRI scans
- Apply advanced clinical reasoning skills in the diagnoses and management of knee conditions
- Apply an advanced level of clinical skills in the early stage rehabilitation of knee conditions
- Apply an advanced level of clinical skills in the mid-stage rehabilitation of knee conditions
- Apply an advanced level of clinical skills in late stage rehabilitation and return to sport criteria
- Apply an evidence-based approach to the objective criteria used in the assessment of return to function along the rehabilitation continuum
Prerequisites
- This course is available to qualified and AHPRA registered physiotherapists and may be also available to other AHPRA registered practitioners.
Presenters
Timothy McGrath
Tim McGrath holds a PhD from the Research Institute of Sports & Exercise (UCRISE) at the University of Canberra on the topic of ACL rehabilitation of the knee, and is Director of Research at Pitch Ready, which focuses on athletes recovering from a knee injury (www.pitch-ready.com), as well as being clinical director of a multidisciplinary private practice (Elite Rehab) since 2011 (www.ersportsphysio.com.au). In addition to this, Tim has worked in elite sport since 2004 in elite level rugby union, rugby league, Australian rules football and rugby sevens including: St George-Illawarra Dragons (2017-current) Port Adelaide Football Club (2015-2017), Australian Mens Rugby Sevens (2013-2014) Brumbies Super Rugby Team (2006-2011) Sale Sharks Rugby Football Club United Kingdom (2006) Canberra Raiders (2004-2006). In addition to his undergraduate Physiotherapy degree and PhD, Tim has completed a post-graduate Masters Degree in Sports Physiotherapy and Musculoskeletal Physiotherapy. He has also completed a Graduate Diploma in Extended-Scope Physiotherapy. He is currently completing a Graduate Diploma in Data Science. Tim has lectured extensively in sports physiotherapy courses for the Australian Physiotherapy Association as well as to other health professions and has authored publications in peer-reviewed journals.
Ben Serpell
Rob Creer
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