NeuroPro Specialty™

The Upper Quarter:

Requirements for the Trajectories of Reach

Quality Continuing Education for Neurorehabilitation Professionals

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Examination of the Human Movement System is always a challenge because of its inherent complexity. It can be a daunting task in severely injured, medically complex patients as well as in high functioning, community dwelling patients. An incomplete or faulty examination may lead to less effective interventions and diminished outcomes. In this course, the iterative process of differential diagnosis will be the focus of the course. The course will prepare you to make accurate diagnoses and continue with rigorous re-examination for the course of treatment.

Ideal for:

  • Certified Neurorehabilitation Professionals who have completed The NeuroPro Standards Course
  • Therapists who have attended other neurorehabilitation certification courses
  • APTA Neurologic Certified Specialists (NCS)

Upon Completion

You’ll know how to:

Utilize an expanded knowledge of anatomy and kinesiology to further understand and examine the Human Movement System

Integrate all body segments into the examination

Establish "gold standards" within salient activities

Move from observation based signs to differential diagnosis

Make more sensitive and specific tests of neuromuscular function

Select “measures of power” to set baseline and monitor change in function

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Whether to satisfy our needs, interests, or curiosities, our remarkable ability to reach into our environment begins in the upper quarter of the human movement system. In the shoulder complex, the shoulder joint itself is only one of four articulations involved and the many muscles that move the joint rarely act in isolation. Understanding the complexity and the cooperative nature of the entire upper quarter is necessary to perform effectively as neurorehabilitation professionals. In this course, kinesioanalysis will be used to study the interactions of the joints and muscles to apply to clinical reasoning, clinical choices, and clinical applications.

Ideal for:

  • Certified Neurorehabilitation Professionals who have completed The NeuroPro Standards Course
  • Therapists who have attended other neurorehabilitation certification courses
  • APTA Neurologic Certified Specialists (NCS)

Upon Completion

You’ll know how to:

Understand the trade-off between mobility and stability in the structure of the shoulder and the clinical implications of that structure
Recognize and identify muscle action, muscle synergy, and muscle length insufficiencies and propose effective interventions to treat them
Examine the relationship between reach, the postural system, and the hand to make better clinical decisions for training conditions

Select between bimanual and unimanual activities and know how each might enhance the training of reach

Explain how objects, intentions, and environments enhance the coordination of structures in the upper quarter for reach

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