This 8-hour knee rehabilitation course has been developed by a knee-specialized physical therapist and a clinical researcher. The concept underpinning the structure of this course aims to be solidly based on the best available evidence (published and not published yet) and the clinical expertise accumulated by the instructor, constantly updated in each edition to provide clinicians with a comprehensive theoretical and heavily practical learning pathway around the rehabilitation following knee injuries. Voor Belgische kinesitherapeuten: Geaccrediteerde punten: 16 Om in aanmerking te komen voor de 15 punten, dient u alle quizzen succesvol volbracht te hebben en op te sturen naar: [email protected] met uw achternaam en RIZIV-nummer. Dit sturen wij door naar PE-Online.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

This 8-hour knee rehabilitation course has been developed by a knee-specialized physical therapist
and a clinical researcher. The concept underpinning the structure of this course aims to be solidly
based on the best available evidence (published and not published yet) and the clinical expertise
accumulated by the instructor, constantly updated in each edition to provide clinicians with a
comprehensive theoretical and heavily practical learning pathway around the rehabilitation following
knee injuries.

The participants will be driven in practice through a journey from the moment of the injury to
discharge/return to sport (RTS) after the most frequent knee injuries that a wide range of
individuals, from regular people to weekend warriors, from semi-pro to professional/elite athletes,
can incur into - such as:
• anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears - either non-surgical or post-operative, differentiating
by grafts
• ACL-R with associated lesions (MCL, LCL, meniscus, cartilage, postero-lateral corner injuries,
cartilage lesions)
• isolated meniscus tears rehabilitation - either non-surgical or following meniscectomy/repair
• isolated medial & lateral collateral ligaments (MCL & LCL) injuries
• isolated posterior cruciate ligament tears

The instructors are firm supporters of the benefit of strict cooperation between multiple health
professionals to provide the best possible care to patients and injured athletes. Therefore,
registering for this course, participants will learn how to factually put in place a multidisciplinary
approach, evaluating patients and their injuries from the physical therapist and surgeon
perspectives, including clinical assessment and functional evaluation up to a truly shared
intervention decision-making that involves the orthopaedic surgeon and the physical therapist’s
judgement, eventually including the patient and related stakeholders; from the family to, in case of
athletes, the team manager, the coach, the agent, the team medical doctor, etc.

The attendees will be guided through what should ideally happen from the first moments following
knee injuries, their evaluation with the relative priorities, the formulation of a proper diagnosis,
the determination of a reliable prognosis, and the planning of the most appropriate intervention
based on the best available evidence, the clinicians shared expertise at the service of the
patient and the injured subject preference and expectations.

The course will cover the entire rehabilitation process, either post-operatively or following a
nonsurgical intervention.
The theoretical and mostly practical focus will be on the elements that the
physical therapists should put emphasis on depending on the type of knee injury (and possibly
associated injuries), on how and when the fundamental physical qualities along the rehabilitation
process have to be ‘chased’ with the appropriated progressions in order to achieve a complete
recovery.

Overcoming muscle inhibition, regaining range of motion, managing effusion, normalizing walking
gait, improving movement skills, applying/monitoring/managing load, regaining the different
qualities of strength, returning to running and then to restricted training practice, taking into
consideration of the psychological aspects that might limit recovery, gradually exposing patients to
their preferred physical activities/sports-specific gestures, progressively testing, etc. - depending on
the knee injury the time scale will be different but all patients/injured athletes will need to be
exposed to the rehabilitation of all these qualities and abilities at some point to achieve a successful
outcome, and this is the main focus of this course.

The everyday clinical reasoning put into practice in knee rehabilitation includes testing
patients/injured athletes along their rehabilitative journey, learning how to rate their current status
to be actually able to decide whether they can safely proceed to the next phase (Return To Run,
Return To Train on the Field, RTS) or need to further improve under certain parameters and the
scientific reason underpinning this approach.

Eventually, the course will analyze RTS decision-making with a dedicated practical focus.
Participants will be asked to practice, try, and experience what their patients will be requested to
do during their rehabilitation process in order to feel it. They will be provided notions of
biomechanics, introduced to different rehabilitative approaches/techniques and science-based
concepts that will drive them through the process following different knee injuries.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
• Develop a healthy and productive surgeon-physical therapist professional relationship for
the eventual patients’ benefit and the personal/professional growth
• Understand, critically appraise, and put into context the scientific literature on knee injuries
• Realize that all knee patients/injured athletes will need to be exposed to rehabilitation
of the same physical & psychological qualities at some point and get in control of when
the time comes to target the different abilities depending on their specific injury and their
postinjury evolution
• Learn how to effectively implement a high-quality rehabilitation program following ACL
isolated injuries (approached with an ACL-R or non-surgically), ACL-R with associated lesions,
isolated meniscus tears or repairs, and MCL/LCL injuries
• Enhance the clinician's skills of connecting the pieces of the puzzle merging biomechanics,
kinesiology, exercise physiology, and sports-specific concepts to orthopedic decision-making
following knee injuries, rehabilitation, and discharge/RTS
• Upskill the clinicians' testing abilities to progress through the knee rehabilitation phases until
RTS

 

Voor Belgische kinesitherapeuten: 
Geaccrediteerde punten:
16

Om in aanmerking te komen voor de 16 punten, dient u alle quizzen succesvol volbracht te hebben en op te sturen naar: [email protected] met uw achternaam en RIZIV-nummer. Dit sturen wij door naar PE-Online.