Arkansas Colleges of Health Education School of Physical Therapy Musculoskeletal 1 Project

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Project Description

Musculoskeletal Physical Therapy 1 is a 1^st year course that introduces physiotherapy students to musculoskeletal dysfunctions. The course focuses on the screening, examining, evaluating, and diagnosing extremity dysfunctions. This Physiopedia project will facilitate skill development that support the focus of the course and evidence-based practice. The skills for the project include literature searching and review, synthesis and interpretation, writing and communications skills, while focusing on the topic of clinical musculoskeletal dysfunctions and pain. The students will reinforce their course learning through the process of sharing information.

This project will focus on a knowledge and information that supports musculoskeletal dysfunction and rehabilitation either through advancing current articles or creating new articles of information. The focus includes searching and reviewing, synthesizing and communicating research evidence that reflects a deeper understanding of musculoskeletal pathology/injury mechanisms underlying clinical conditions that affects muscles, myofascia, joints and or bones. The project will include a presentation of their team’s findings and contributions to Physiopedia.

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