Lower Extremity Symposium: Get a Leg up on the
Latest "Cutting Edge" Management of the Hip and Knee (September 6 & 7, 2008)

Location: Oakland, California

Description: This course brings together noted speakers, MD’s and PT’s, to address the latest advances in non-operative and operative intervention at the hip and knee. This course will cover subjects ranging from adolescent sports injury to advanced degenerative joint disease. Surgical topics include arthroscopic procedures for labral tears at the hip, latest in ACL reconstruction and meniscal repairs, reparative and restorative techniques for articular cartilage, complicated fractures of the pelvis, hip and knee, and arthroplasty for degenerative joint disease. Knowledge of these surgical techniques and evidence-based rehabilitation will enhance your clinical decision-making in daily patient care. Finally, considerations will be given to unique age specific features including rehab choices and common pitfalls.

Course Objectives:
  • Utilize knowledge of normal and pathological anatomy and biomechanics to guide examination
      of selected hip and knee conditions.
  • Identify prevalence, etiology, mechanisms of injury, and degenerative cascade at the hip
      and knee.
  • Correlate patient profile, clinical findings and tissue specific diagnostic findings with choice
      of surgery at the hip and knee.
  • Utilize knowledge of advances in age appropriate surgical procedures and evidence-based
      outcomes to guide physical therapy intervention.
 

REGULAR: $375.00 after August 10, 2008

For more information, contact:
IAOPT
P.O. Box 2136
El Granada, CA 94018
Phone (510) 581-9824

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