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Apr 28, 2024
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2023-2025 Catalog Volume XXXI Ver 1
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DPT 6331 Health Promotion & Fitness Management
Lecture: 2 Lab: 1 Practica: 0 Total Credits: 3
The course provides the physical therapy student with an overview of prevention, health, wellness, and fitness as they relate to injury prevention, nutritional influences, fitness testing, and exercise prescription in an apparently healthy population. Students investigate the epidemiology of musculoskeletal injuries and identify risk factors for injury as identified in the literature. Primary prevention topics are introduced via the four APTA Preferred Practice Patterns using the Guide to Physical Therapist Practice. Students learn and perform components of various health and fitness assessments for people seeking to improve health and wellness, as well as explore the evidence behind injury prevention and health promotion programs. Prior knowledge of human physiology and exercise principles are applied to fitness testing and prescription for patient performance improvement. Clinical tools and procedures presented include the Functional Movement Screen; Y-Balance Screen; methods of testing strength, power, endurance, flexibility, and balance; and functional testing algorithms. Students develop injury prevention and/or exercise programs based on test results and adapt the execution to specific healthy populations.
Prerequisite(s): Admission to Doctor of Physical Therapy Program
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