Course Description:

This course will review considerations a therapist must address during a comprehensive evaluation of traumatic/complex elbow injuries. To begin the course, a review of the wound healing process as it relates to all structures involved will be presented. Following this, pertinent biomechanical studies will be reviewed that will impact decisions made by therapists through all phases of rehabilitation. Therapists must also be knowledgeable on the type of complex elbow fracture diagnoses they may see in documentation or on therapy prescriptions to determine what structures are involved. Lastly, special considerations on emerging areas of practice will be discussed that can assist the therapist in developing a more client-centered treatment plan.