Assessment of the shoulder and kinetic chain

Methodology and devices for an objective, easy, non-expensive and reliable assessment 

This one day course is a theoretical and practical course about therapies and exercise program assessment.  The course emphasis is on the reliable and valid tests to assess strength, velocity, power, proprioception, range of motion and motor control in the shoulder and the core. The aim of this course is showing how to manage some devices and data to control the exercise progress for “return to play” after an injury.

Participants will perform the techniques to assess the shoulder and the core status and will acquire new methods to objectively control the patient progresses.

Course objectives:

• Improve scientific and empirical knowledge about new trends in shoulder and core assessment in physiotherapy.
• Recognize the main outputs to patients follow up, to prevent or assess patient’s injury.
• Improve knowledge about reliability and validity of different measurement methods and devices.
• Learn and practice how to assess patients range of movement, reaction time, proprioception, motor control and different kind of strength with reliable and valid methods.