#7236 RW Part 2 Concussion Care in Medical Rehabilitation - Three Part Series

Course overview

Part Two: This course is designed for physical, occupational therapists, speech language pathologists, and audiologists. Concussion management requires a multi-disciplinary team approach due the effect of many facets of the brain. Speech language pathologists (SLP) and Audiologists (AUD) are critical members of the concussion team. Concussions cause extremely diverse impairments and functional limitations. Patients who have had mTBI or concussion should thus be managed according to their unique presentations of signs and symptoms. Clinical researchers have developed a model with clinical subtypes in an effort to improve assessment and thus treatment of patients. In this course, these unique clinical profiles are discussed in depth. The course provided an introduction to elements of the concussion examination with these five primary profiles in mind. The interplay of the profiles and the interaction of other factors such as sleep and cervical dysfunction are described. After attending this course, participants will be able to describe methods to delineated the clinical profiles or subtypes presentations. The course participants can demonstrate the ability to make decisions on evaluation and treatment guidelines. (Intermediate Level)