Stroke Rehabilitation: Guidelines for Exercise and Training to Optimize Motor Skill: Module 3

Course Goals:    

This course is intended to instruct the student through self-paced study on the treatment principles for treating a stroke patient emphasizing early mobility in respect to impairments and adaptations of stroke patients, strength training and physical conditioning and to identify specific treatment principles for the rehabilitation environment for stroke patients. 

Student Objectives:               

At the end of this course the student will be able to:

1. List 3 components of the rehabilitation environment
2. List 2 methods of directing the focus of attention of a patient
3. List the 2 principle forms of feedback to patients and site examples of each
4. List 3 objective testing profiles which can be used to objectify functional outcomes of treatment
5. List 3 advantages of “group” rehabilitation over one-on-one treatment
6. List 2 causes of muscle weakness following a stroke
7. Discuss the efficacy of strength training in stroke patients from current research
8. List 4 metabolic changes that may occur in stroke patients
9. Discuss the benefits of cardiovascular training in a stroke patient
10. List 4 signs of a good prognosis from a stroke