Exercise Prescription in the Home: Performance Improvement

Course overview

It is well known that exercise can help patients at all phases of their rehabilitation, but what exercises are best for patients who have strength, power, muscle endurance, balance, or aerobic deficits? In order to improve function and activity and progress safely into advanced skills, exercises prescribed during this time need to focus on improving muscle strength, power, and endurance, improving balance, and improving aerobic capacity. This course discusses the physiology behind performance improvement, how clinicians can use a clinical decision making process for therapeutic exercise prescription, and practical examples of assessing and prescribing exercise for these areas. With this information clinicians enhance patient outcomes, safety, and optimal movement through appropriate use of exercise.