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Utilizing Clinical Practice Guidelines for Treatment of Low Back Pain: Summary
Utilizing Clinical Practice Guidelines for Treatment of Low Back Pain 2 Contact Hours
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Author Dr. Ryan Wadas, PT, DPT
Dr. Ryan Wadas earned his bachelor’s degree in human biology from the University of Kansas in 2005 and his doctorate degree in physical therapy in 2009 from Nova Southeastern University. Dr. Wadas has over 12 years of outpatient orthopedic physical therapy (PT) experience, during the majority of which he served as a clinical instructor working with PT and physical therapy assistant (PTA) students. He also has 9 years of experience in academics. Dr. Wadas is currently a professor at South University’s PTA program in Tampa, Florida, with 7 years as adjunct faculty at Nova Southeastern University’s DPT program in Clearwater, Florida. Dr. Wadas has advanced training and coursework in spinal manipulation through the American Academy of Manipulative Therapy (AAMT), the McKenzie Method to Mechanical Diagnosis and Therapy (MDT), vestibular therapy training, myofascial practitioner cupping certification, and selective functional movement assessment (SFMA).
LEARNING OUTCOMES ● Predict how a clinical practice guideline can be utilized to improve patient/client outcomes and occupational performance ● Classify low back pain using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability, and Health (ICF) model
● Review the four intervention strategies as described in the clinical practice guidelines (CPGs): exercise, manual, classification systems, and education ● Relate each of the four intervention strategies through case studies of clients with low back pain
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The three components of “making sense of pain,” “exposure with control,” and “lifestyle change” guide a clinician's treatment with which classification system?
SELF-ASSESSMENT QUESTIONS
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With acute LBP, is the recommendation for soft tissue mobilization stronger or weaker than the recommendation for thrust/ nonthrust joint mobilization? a. Stronger b. Weaker With chronic LBP, is the recommendation for soft tissue mobilization stronger or weaker than the recommendation for thrust/nonthrust joint mobilization? With chronic LBP? a. Stronger b. Weaker
a. Prognostic Risk Stratification b. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy c. Movement System Impairment d. Treatment-Based Classification
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ANSWERS: 1: b 2 : b 3: b
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