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Stretch: Rehab Therapy Education is designed to give you, the busy rehab therapist, a convenient way to listen and learn from clinical experts. Each episode is an hour-long, fully accredited course discussing evidence-based interventions. You can receive continuing education credit by completing the course exam through Relias. If you already have access to Relias and the Rehabilitation Therapy library through your employer, simply sign into the platform and search the course library for the title of the episode to take the exam. If your employer is not a Relias customer, you may purchase the course from Relias Academy (https://reliasacademy.com).
PTs and OTs - Are Your Exercises Challenging Older Adult Patients?
Stretch: Relias Rehab Therapy Education
51 minutes 42 seconds
2 years ago
PTs and OTs - Are Your Exercises Challenging Older Adult Patients?
PT, PTA, OT, OTA – this podcast may help you meet your continuing education requirements. Access Relias Academy to review course certificate information.
Older adult patients in all rehabilitation settings are chronically under-dosed when it comes to the intensity of rehabilitation therapy. In this episode, we talk with Aimee Perron, a physical therapist, patient advocate, and national presenter, about best practices in prescribing exercise to improve strength, balance, endurance, and aerobic capacity in our older adult clients.
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(01:38) Takeaways From Today’s Discussion (02:56) Key to Dosing Appropriately: The FITT-VP Principle (06:44) Underdosing and Possible Reasons (12:39) Is My Patient Ready to Start Exercising? How Do I Know? (13:16) Tests and Measures (18:51) One Repetition Maximum: Example (25:16) Matching Interventions to Meaningful Activities (29:39) Identifying Readiness to Change (31:28) Health Confidence and Chronic Conditions (37:35) Everyday Tools and Equipment Considerations (41:23) Am I Too Eager and Overdosing My Patients? How Do I Know? (43:49) Supporting Patients in the Maintenance Phase (46:57) Nutrition and Medication Considerations (49:22) Conclusion
The content for this course was created by Aimee E. Perron, PT, DPT.
This course was created by Wendy Phillips, PT, BSPT.
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Access your Relias Library offered by your employer to see course certificate information and exam; or Access the continuing education library for clinicians at Relias Academy. Review the course certificate information, and if eligible, you can purchase the course to access the course exam and receive your certificate.
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Resources
American College of Sports Medicine’s Recommendations for Exercise Participation Health Screening: https://www.acsm.org/docs/default-source/files-for-resource-library/updating_acsm_s_recommendations_for_exercise-28-(1).pdf?sfvrsn=3aa47c01_4
American Physical Therapy Association: Choosing Wisely: https://www.choosingwisely.org/
General Physical Activities Defined by Level of Intensity: https://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/physical/pdf/pa_intensity_table_2_1.pdf
Prescription for Health Series (A series of common chronic conditions and their exercise prescriptions): https://www.exerciseismedicine.org/eim-in-action/health-care/resources/rx-for-health-series/
Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease 6-item Scale: https://selfmanagementresource.com/wp-content/uploads/English_-_self-efficacy_for_managing_chronic_disease_6-item.pdf
Quick Health Check Up: http://www.healthconfidence.org/
Stretch: Relias Rehab Therapy Education
Stretch: Rehab Therapy Education is designed to give you, the busy rehab therapist, a convenient way to listen and learn from clinical experts. Each episode is an hour-long, fully accredited course discussing evidence-based interventions. You can receive continuing education credit by completing the course exam through Relias. If you already have access to Relias and the Rehabilitation Therapy library through your employer, simply sign into the platform and search the course library for the title of the episode to take the exam. If your employer is not a Relias customer, you may purchase the course from Relias Academy (https://reliasacademy.com).
