Target audience: Physiotherapists and occupational therapists and exercise physiologists who are working with older people and/or people with neurological conditions, in inpatient, outpatient or community settings and in private or public settings
Format: In person
Cost: $550
Presenters: Kate Scrivener, Simone Dorsch
Dates: This workshop runs for 2 consecutive days on the 4th and 5th of May 2024
CONTENT: For full description go to: https://strokeed.com/balance-workshop/
Day one:
Topics – Introduction- Postural adjustments research -Anticipatory/ ongoing postural adjustments -Clinical implications – Discussion -Assessment of balance -Video analysis -Effective training -Analysis and training with patients – Clinical session 1 -Discussion of clinical session
Day Two
Topics – Effect of ageing on postural adjustments, Effect of neuropathology on postural adjustments – Falls – Risk factors, circumstances – Intervention – effective trials, dosage, environment setup – Intervention – challenging balance – Practical session – Analysis and training with patients – Clinical session 2 – Discussion of clinical session and goal setting
Learning objectives: Participants will learn how to:
- Define balance, postural adjustments, kinematics, kinetics, task specificity
- Discuss research about the characteristics of postural adjustments i.e. timing, task specificity
- Describe changes that occur to postural adjustments with aging and neuropathology
- Describe the assessment and analysis of balance impairment
- Describe the risk factors and circumstances of falls
- Discuss the evidence for exercise interventions to improve balance and reduce falls
- Demonstrate how to to set up effective balance training for people with impaired balance
- Plan a group class that challenges balance and provides a high intensity of practice
Registration link:
https://www.swslhd.health.nsw.gov.au/bankstown/events.html
Contact person:
Laura King: Laura.King2@health.nsw.gov.au