Balance Foundations 201
Designed for clinicians, 201 provides in-depth instruction on how to assess balance using advanced technology.
Patients with balance and mobility disorders can be complex to treat, given the interaction of pathology with functional limitation, impairment, and disability. Focusing on pathology alone can be suboptimal, given the fact that patients with similar pathologies can present with different limitations and impairments.
Using technology to quantify the impact of impairments on a patient’s ability to perform mobility tasks allows the clinician to begin to isolate and differentiate motor system and sensory impairments. By doing so, the clinician can build a management model that will result in greater patient motivation and targeted therapeutic solutions.
This course is part #2 of a three-part series (Balance Foundations 101 + Balance Foundations 201+ Balance Foundations Lab).
By the end of Balance Foundations 201, you will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge of proper patient placement in the CDP
- Recognize best practices for providing patient cues
- Classify balance assessments by technology utilized and balance system measured
- Recognize advances in technology and design effective CDP patient training
- Analyze a complex balance patient case study
- Identify best practices for billing
- Interpret results for each balance assessment using sample data sets
This course features 25 video demonstrations on computerized dynamic and static force plates with an experienced balance clinician, data analysis, a complex case study, a practical discussion on billing, and a glimpse into new developments in CDP training.
Course Curriculum
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StartChapter 1 - Welcome - 3 mins.
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StartChapter 2 - Patient Placement - 27 mins.
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StartChapter 2 Discussion Forum
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StartChapter 3 - Computerized Dynamic Force Plate Posturography Protocols - 2 hrs.
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StartChapter 3 Discussion Forum
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StartChapter 4 - Either - Dynamic/Static Force Plate Posturography Protocols - 1.5 hrs.
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StartChapter 4 Discussion Forum
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StartChapter 5 - Computerized Static Force Plate Posturography Protocols - 2 hrs.
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StartChapter 5 Discussion Forum
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StartChapter 6 - Case Study Exercise - 50 mins.
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StartChapter 6 Discussion Forum
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StartChapter 7 - Patient Training Options - 25 mins.
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Start2.1 Software Release - 2021
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StartChapter 7 Discussion Forum
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StartChapter 8 - Head Mounted Display - 20 mins.
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StartChapter 9 - Dynamic Vision Assessments - 35 mins.
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StartChapter 9 Discussion Forum
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StartChapter 10 - A Discussion on Billing - 15 mins.
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StartChapter 10 Discussion Forum
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StartChapter 11 - Thank You - 5 mins.
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StartEnd of Course Quiz - 20 mins.
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StartCourse Evaluation Form
Your Instructor
Shelly Massingale is a Physical Therapist and is a specialist in vestibular and balance therapy. Shelly has been practicing physical therapy in the outpatient neurological setting for 22 years and has specialized primarily in mild traumatic brain injury since 2013. She graduated from Pepperdine University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Sports Medicine and holds a Master’s Degree in Physical Therapy from the University of Southern California. She has completed the Emory University Vestibular competency and advanced competency courses and has been treating vestibular and balance disorders since the beginning of her career. Since opening the Banner Sports Medicine and Concussion Center in 2013, she has focused her treatment and research solely on concussion. She is a co-developer of the Concussion Balance Test (COBALT) and has published articles that explored the utility of COBALT as an objective measurement of balance for the healthy and injured athletic population. She has authored two book chapters, three additional peer reviewed journal articles focusing on Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo and vestibular therapy for vestibular disorders, and has lectured nationally and internationally on evaluation and treatment of vestibular and balance deficits related to mild traumatic brain injury.