The stiff knee after injury or surgery – how to manage it

The stiff knee after injury or surgery – how to manage it, available at $44.99, has an average rating of 3.8, with 34 lectures, 2 quizzes, based on 38 reviews, and has 153 subscribers.

You will learn about understand the situations that raise the risk of knee stiffness after injury or surgery recognise the critical window of opportunity for managing the early stiff knee and regaining range of motion grasp the key principles of rehabilitation to restore range of motion be sure when rehabilitation is progressing inadequately and know when to refer to a surgeon understand the surgical options for early knee stiffness understand the surgical options for established arthrofibrosis understand why a team approach is necessary after surgery for established arthrofibrosis grasp the special rehabilitation requirements after surgery for established arthrofibrosis This course is ideal for individuals who are This course is for ordinary people who have had a knee injury or surgery and who want answers about how best to get their knee moving fully again. No prior knowledge is needed, and lectures are fully illustrated. or There is also plenty here for physiotherapists and doctors, who want to really understand why their patients are having problems with rehabilitation. It is particularly useful for This course is for ordinary people who have had a knee injury or surgery and who want answers about how best to get their knee moving fully again. No prior knowledge is needed, and lectures are fully illustrated. or There is also plenty here for physiotherapists and doctors, who want to really understand why their patients are having problems with rehabilitation.

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Summary

Title: The stiff knee after injury or surgery – how to manage it

Price: $44.99

Average Rating: 3.8

Number of Lectures: 34

Number of Quizzes: 2

Number of Published Lectures: 34

Number of Published Quizzes: 1

Number of Curriculum Items: 36

Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 35

Original Price: $22.99

Quality Status: approved

Status: Live

What You Will Learn

understand the situations that raise the risk of knee stiffness after injury or surgery
recognise the critical window of opportunity for managing the early stiff knee and regaining range of motion
grasp the key principles of rehabilitation to restore range of motion
be sure when rehabilitation is progressing inadequately and know when to refer to a surgeon
understand the surgical options for early knee stiffness
understand the surgical options for established arthrofibrosis
understand why a team approach is necessary after surgery for established arthrofibrosis
grasp the special rehabilitation requirements after surgery for established arthrofibrosis

Who Should Attend

This course is for ordinary people who have had a knee injury or surgery and who want answers about how best to get their knee moving fully again. No prior knowledge is needed, and lectures are fully illustrated.
There is also plenty here for physiotherapists and doctors, who want to really understand why their patients are having problems with rehabilitation.

Target Audiences

This course is for ordinary people who have had a knee injury or surgery and who want answers about how best to get their knee moving fully again. No prior knowledge is needed, and lectures are fully illustrated.
There is also plenty here for physiotherapists and doctors, who want to really understand why their patients are having problems with rehabilitation.

This course is for anyone involved in the early rehabilitation after knee injury or surgery. It would also be of value to trainee physiotherapists.

Because internal joint scarring, if it is going to occur, is likely to trigger early in the rehabilitation process, then it is the patient and the physiotherapist who need to be looking out for the danger signs. If they understand the issues and what to watch for, then management can be optimised before there is a progression to the tragic outcome of intractable scarring (arthrofibrosis) with irreversible stiffness of the knee.

The course explains the issues, anatomy and terminology – with loads of easy to follow illustrations and videos – so that your rehabilitation programme will really start to make proper sense. You will learn what the physiotherapist is trying to do, and why. You will learn about those surgical procedures that may be helpful in the process of freeing up movement again.The course should take four hours to complete, but there is no need for any pre-knowledge as it is fully comprehensive.

Course Curriculum

Chapter 1: Getting to know each other – and sharing our knowledge

Lecture 1: Introducing your hosts – why we feel driven to contribute

Lecture 2: Living with a stiff knee – the uncomfortable reality

Chapter 2: Vocabulary – you have to learn some so we can communicate effectively

Lecture 1: Terminology of flexion & extension – build your basic vocabulary

Lecture 2: Normal ROM in men and women – how do you compare?

Chapter 3: Anatomy made easy – a picture is worth a thousand words

Lecture 1: The joint capsule – why it is key to understanding so much about the knee

Lecture 2: Important structures inside the capsule – & their contribution to knee movement

Lecture 3: The patella – why it is special & why it matters so much in knee rehabilitation

Lecture 4: Important soft tissue structures – subtle anatomy but valuable information

Lecture 5: What powers flexion, and what allows flexion? Related but different concepts.

Chapter 4: Assessing your own risk for knee stiffness

Lecture 1: High risk injuries and procedures

Lecture 2: High risk triggers – how do you compare?

Chapter 5: Keeping that knee moving to prevent adhesions forming

Lecture 1: Adhesions and that important early window of opportunity

Lecture 2: Cornerstones of early rehab – exercises, stretches and manual techniques

Lecture 3: i – Keeping pain under control

Lecture 4: ii – Containing inflammation

Lecture 5: iii(a) – Early mobilisation and regaining ROM

Lecture 6: iii(b) – Patellar mobilisation

Lecture 7: iv – Not forcing the PT process, and listening to your knee

Lecture 8: v – Restoring muscle strength

Chapter 6: Rehabilitation woes – keeping an eye out for trouble

Lecture 1: Early warning signs: when to ask to be referred to – or back to – a surgeon

Lecture 2: The patient's viewpoint – it's your knee!

Lecture 3: The Physical Therapist's viewpoint

Chapter 7: Referral back to the surgeon – what to expect

Lecture 1: The surgeon's viewpoint – how rehabilitation is not part of their curriculum

Lecture 2: The patient's family's viewpoint – often at odds with their loved one

Lecture 3: What can the surgeon offer for adhesions? – LOA, MUA, AIR and joint insufflation

Lecture 4: Pharmacological interventions & other options

Chapter 8: When Adhesions morph into Arthrofibrosis

Lecture 1: What exactly do we mean by Arthrofibrosis?

Lecture 2: Working out what parts of the knee are affected

Lecture 3: Understanding patella infera – and its consequences!

Lecture 4: Classification of arthrofibrosis

Chapter 9: Salvage surgery for established arthrofibrosis

Lecture 1: Surgical procedures for established arthrofibrosis – 'salvage' but not cure

Lecture 2: Rehabilitation principles after surgery for Arthrofibrosis

Chapter 10: Words, words, words….

Lecture 1: Course dictionary – glossary of terms

Lecture 2: A terminology muddle – could this be at the root of the profession's failure?

Instructors

Sheila Strover
Medical Doctor
Sebastiano Nutarelli
Physical Therapist

Rating Distribution

1 stars: 1 votes
2 stars: 3 votes
3 stars: 4 votes
4 stars: 7 votes
5 stars: 23 votes

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