PTAP 215 - Clinical Science III

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Clinical Science III is the third of four courses (PTAP 205, PTAP 206, PTAP 215, PTAP 216) taught over two academic semesters. Clinical Science III presents training in therapeutic resistive exercises and aerobic exercises; the use of equipment and physical agents to address exercise goals; therapeutic exercises for specific patient conditions; gross manual muscle testing; assessment of normal and abnormal gait patterns; assessment of normal and abnormal posture; and the theory, indications, contraindication and application of spinal mechanical traction and spinal exercises.