Clinical Application of Outcome Measures for Patients With Stroke: Making Outcomes Part of Your Clinical Practice
Course: #4083Level: Introductory 2 Hours 2099 Reviews
This course reviews the most applicable outcome measures for clients with strokes and how to administer them. Furthermore, we will discuss ways to set your clinic up for success and review current literature to discover prognostic values and indicators using these outcome measures. This course is directly related to the practice of physical therapy and is therefore appropriate for the PT/PTA.
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Course Type: Recorded Webinar
CEUs/Hours Offered: AK/2.0; AL/2.0; AR/2.0; AZ/2.0; CA/2.0; CO/2.0; CT/2.0; DC/2.0; DE/2.0; FL/2.0; GA/2.0; HI/2.0; IA/2.0; IACET/0.2; ID/2.0; IL/2.0; IN/2.0; KS/2.0; KY/2.0 Category 2; MA/2.0; MD/2.0; ME/2.0; MI/2.0; MO/2.0; MS/2.0; MT/2.0; NC/2.0; ND/2.0; NE/2.0; NH/2.0; NY/2.0; OK/2.0; OR/2.0; PA/2.0; RI/2.0; SC/2.0; SD/2.0; TN/2.0; TX/2.0; UT/2.0; VA/2.0; VT/2.0; WA/2.0; WI/2.0; WY/2.0
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Learning Outcomes
- Participants will be able to identify at least two reasons why outcome measures are important to clinical practice for clients with stroke
- Participants will be able to define the five key terms related to outcome measures that are meaningful to clinical practice possibly including minimal detectable change (MDC), Minimal Clinically Important Difference (MCID), cut-off scores, and inter-rater and intra-rater reliability
- Participants will be able to identify protocol, administration, and scoring of the five commonly used outcome measures for clients with stroke including Postural Assessment Scale for Stroke, 10 Meter Walk Test, 6 Minute Walk Test, Berg Balance Scale, and Stroke Impact Scale
- Participants will be able to identify common cut-off scores and predictive values established for the commonly used outcome measures
- Participants will be able to identify at least two tools and resources from the ANPT website
Course created on July 7, 2021
Agenda
| 0-15 Minutes | Background, review of learning outcomes |
| 15-30 Minutes | Why outcome measures are important |
| 30-45 Minutes | Defining minimal detectable change (MDC), minimal clinically important difference (MCID), reliability, and validity |
| 45-80 Minutes | Review each of the five outcome measures and it’s metrics |
| 80-105 Minutes | Research and CPG |
| 105-115 Minutes | Locating resources to support practice: ANPT website navigation |
| 115-120 Minutes | Summary, Q & A |
Reviews
2099 ReviewsPresented By
Christina Voigtmann
PT, DPT, NCS
Crissy (Christina) Voigtmann is Board-Certified in Neurologic Physical Therapy and earned her Doctorate of Physical Therapy from the University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences in 2014. Dr. Voigtmann is a research physical therapist in the Locomotor Recovery Lab at Indiana University and also provides clinical treatment in an outpatient neurologic interdisciplinary clinic. She delivers protocols for multiple NIH-funded randomized controlled trials focused on examining the impact of intensity on locomotor recovery in neurologic populations (stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, and multiple sclerosis). Additionally, she is pursuing a degree in the Doctor of Health Sciences program at the University of Indianapolis. Her current research investigates how intervention frequency influences walking outcomes in chronic stroke survivors.
Previously, she served as the locomotor clinical specialist at the Orlando Health Institute for Advanced Rehabilitation, where she led initiatives to standardize outcome measure use and deliver high-intensity gait training to neurologic patients in inpatient and outpatient settings. Dr. Voigtmann has also contributed as a certified clinical instructor and adjunct faculty at the University of Central Florida College of Health Professions and Sciences and the neurologic physical therapy residency program. In 2020, she received the Florida Physical Therapy Association’s Award for Clinical Excellence.
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Financial: Christina Voigtmann has received an honorarium for presenting this course.
Non-financial: Christina Voigtmann has no relevant non-financial relationships to disclose.
Sponsor Disclosure: This Course is presented by PhysicalTherapy.com, a Continued site.
Content Disclosure: This learning event does not focus exclusively on any specific product or service.
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