# 244 Vestibular Rehabilitation and Balance Systems- Lab Intensive

Motivations, Inc.

Format(s):   Live Seminars
Discipline(s):   Physical Therapy / Occupational Therapy
Contact Hours:   14
Registration Fee:   $450.00

Objectives

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
1. Discover and correlate relevant pathophysiology of the vestibular and balance systems
2. Recognize and classify important terms such as nystagmus, vestibular ocular reflex, etc.
3. Identify and discover several etiologies that can explain non-vestibular dizziness
4. Compare and contrast the essential subjective and objective components of the differential diagnosis for balance/vestibular dysfunction.
5. Select/demonstrate balance tests including Functional Gait Assessment, Four-square Step Test, Motion Sensitivity Quotient, etc.
6. Selects and demonstrate evidence-based vestibular tests such as VOR, DVA, HIT, for assessing central and peripheral vestibular lesions.
7. Relate findings from the Dix-Hallpike and Roll tests to determine BPPV
8. Design and modify evidence-based interventions such as gaze stabilization, habituation, and general balance/coordination exercises
9. Design and modify evidence-based interventions for routine and complex BPPV cases
10. Identify the key points of comprehensive documentation to support and justify skilled balance and vestibular intervention
11. Explain, summarize, teach, monitor, refine, and eventually develop your own comprehensive vestibular rehab program specific to your practice setting.

Target Audience

A Workshop for Physical Therapists, Physical Therapy Assistants, Occupational Therapists and Certified Occupational Therapy Assistants

Confirmation Notes

FORMAT: This is an 14-hour lecture/discussion course equivalent to 1.4 CEUs. PT CEU’s: Motivations Inc is an approved provider by The Texas Chapter of the APTA.
We follow the guidelines for the state that is held. AOTA: Motivations, Inc. is an approved provider of continuing education by the American Occupational Therapy Association #4002, for 14 contact hours - Intermediate Level Occupational Therapy Process: evaluation, intervention. The assignment of AOTA CEU's does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products or clinical procedures by AOTA

Agenda

AGENDA: (15 minute breaks in the am and pm. Lunch from 12 noon – 1:00)
Day 1
8:00-8:30 Introduction to the course and instructor 8:30-9:00 Statistics on incidence and prevalence 9:00-10:00 Anatomy & Physiology of CNS and PNS 9:30-10:00 Pathophysiology of CNS and PNS 10:15-10:45 Oculomotor exam: CN’s 3, 4, 6 (lab breakout) 10:30-11:00 Vestibulospinal exam: Perturbations ankle/hip strategy (lab breakout) 11:00-11:30 Dizziness from Non-vestibular etiology 11:30-12:00 Differential Diagnosis 1:00-1:30 Testing of the VOR, DVA, Head Impulse Test: nystagmus (Lab) 1:30-2:00 Orthopedic special tests: cervical spine MSK and Vascular VAT (Lab) 2:00-2:30 Vestibular/Balance/Gait tests: FGA, DGA, CTSIB, FSST, MSQ (Lab) 2:45-3:45 Dix-Hallpike test (and its modifications), Roll test (and its modifications) 3:45-4:30 Day 1 questions and answers/adjourn
Day 2 *The majority of Day 2 will be spent practicing and problem-solving
8:00-9:00 Unilateral (UVH) & Bilateral Vestibular Hypofunction (BVH) Interventions 9:00-10:00 Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV) Interventions 10:15-11:00 Habituation Interventions (Task-Specific and ADL-Related) 11:00-12:00 General Principles of Balance/Coordination/Motor Control Training 1:00-3:45 Case-Scenarios Workshop Breakout -UVH, BVH, BPPV, CNS vs. PNS 3:45-4:30 Course wrap up/Questions & Answers/Adjourn

Description

This new interactive two-day (2-Day) workshop will cover the functional anatomy & physiology as well as the pathology of the vestibular and balance systems across neurologic, orthopedic, and cognitive domains. Emphasis will be placed upon formulating a working differential diagnosis for central and peripheral mediated vertigo. Additionally, equal focus will be placed on understanding how to assess and treat BPPV arising from anterior, horizontal, and posterior canalithiasis and cupulolithiasis. Guided by breakout hands-on labs and case scenarios, you will utilize and examine evidence-based assessment and intervention tools that are designed to effectively manage patients with easy and straight-forward diagnosis to those who have difficult-to-diagnose complex deficits which severely impair function. The instructor will disseminate information from clinical practice guidelines (CPG’s) for both Peripheral Vestibular Dysfunction and Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo that will assist you in your practice. The instructor also welcomes you to feel free to “present” any challenging cases from your own practices in a warm, friendly, non-threatening, non-judgmental, and collegial environment among your fellow colleagues across the nation. Lastly, the material presented in this course ranges from intermediate to advance and is applicable to multiple clinical setting ranging from acute to home to SNF to outpatient.
Consortium Group Discount – Register your facility today. 5 or more $395
Association Member of APTA, AOTA, NATA, ASHA, $425
Individual Single Registration $450