Course Description:

This two-hour intermediate level course for PT/PTAs and OT/OTAs provides instruction on the evidence regarding the clinical benefits of electrical stimulation, aerobic exercise, and resistive exercise to treat patients with chronic heart failure. This course is a part of a series of Accelerated Clinical Practice courses. Through a combination of lecture and lab activities/demonstrations, this course supports education for clinicians on the assessment and impact of cardiopulmonary function and relates it to client factors (i.e. cardiovascular, respiratory system function) and body structures (structures of cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and respiratory systems). Further, the course reviews demands of an activity and/or occupation and, based on objective measures and observation, to determine how to overcome physiological barriers and/or adjust activity toward client success and their functional goals for those diagnosed with CHF.