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Women's Health Disorders: Course Content (WPTWD-783)

Course description:

Course description:

This course will cover all the medical, musculoskeletal and psychological disorders of women of all ages. It includes examination and physical therapy management of immune system, cardiac, endocrine, oncological pathologies and disorders common in women.

Learning Outcomes

To understand medical, musculoskeletal and psychological conditions of adolescent age.

To perform examination and intervention for work-related musculoskeletal disorders among working females.

  To examine and intervene immune system related musculoskeletal disorders during the middle years and beyond

To examine, manage and refer women with cardiac diseases.

To assess and apply physical therapy management in females with osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures.

To assess and manage oncological conditions in women.

  To assess and manage women with physical disabilities

To assess and manage obstetric related musculoskeletal disorders.

To perform assessment and management of women Psychosocial disorders.

To understand the physiological changes in pregnancy relevant to the physiotherapy management of pregnancy-related lumbo-pelvic problems

To understand the neuromusculoskeletal structure and function of the thoracic and lumbo-pelvic complex

To describe and understand the pregnancy-related altered biomechanics of the thoracic and  lumbo-pelvic Complex

To discuss the aetiology of common pregnancy-related musculoskeletal dysfunction

To have an awareness of the psychosocial influences and emotional needs of the woman during the child bearing years

To adapt assessment and examination techniques for the antenatal and postnatal woman

To develop and adapt a range of skills including manual techniques and exercise for the antenatal and postnatal woman

To apply clinical reasoning and analysis to direct physiotherapy intervention

To Understand and promote the physiotherapist’s role within the multidisciplinary team particularly with regard to birth

Recommended Book

Physiotherapy in Obstetrics and Gynaecology by Jill Mantle; Jeanette Haslam

ISBN: 9780750622653

Publication Date: 2004

Course Content

Course contents:

  1. The adolescent female
  • Puberty and the menstrual cycle
  • Emerging lifelong pathologies during adolescence
  • Psychological development and depression in adolescent girls
  • Communicating with adolescent patients and survivors of sexual abuse
  • Women’s health issues in adolescence
  • Obstetric and gynecologic issues in adolescents with chronic illness or disabilities
  • Common musculoskeletal conditions in adolescence
  • Pharmacologic interventions in adolescence
  1. Women in the workplace
  • Historical perspective and demographics of women in the workplace
  • Anatomical and physiological features and pathophysiology of work-related musculoskeletal disorders
  • Examination and intervention for work-related musculoskeletal disorders
  • Pharmacologic agents for work-related musculoskeletal disorders
  • Transitional work duty, functional capacity evaluations, and preplacement testing
  • Outcome measures
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Women in the workplace at home
  1. Musculoskeletal disorders during the middle years and beyond
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Fibromyalgia syndrome
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Systemic lupus erythematosus
  • Scleroderma
  1. Women and heart disease
  • Etiology and pathogenesis of coronary artery disease
  • Risk factors
  • Seeking and receiving medical attention
  • Types of treatment available
  • Recovery from heart disease
  • Other cardiac diseases more prevalent in women
  1. Osteoporosis: physical therapy prevention and intervention
  • Pathophysiology of osteoporosis
  • Diagnosing osteoporosis
  • Epidemiology of osteoporosis and osteoporotic fractures
  • Impact of fractures
  • Bone throughout the life span
  • Risk factors for osteoporosis and osteoporotic fracture
  • Risk for osteoporosis and osteoporotic fracture associated with medical conditions commonly seen in
  • Medical management
  • Patient/client management for people with and/or at risk for osteoporosis
  • Transition to community-based programs on physical therapy discharge
  • Evidence-based practice
  • Gynecologic and other cancers
  • Evidence-based practice

 

Course Content

  1. Assessment and Management of breast cancer
  • Incidence of breast cancer
  • Breast cancer screening
  • Anatomy of the breast
  • Pathology of breast cancer
  • Medical management of breast cancer
  • Therapist intervention
  • Special considerations
  • Psychosocial issues related to breast cancer
  1. Assessment and management of Lymphedema
  • Definitions, incidence, prevalence, and classification
  • Anatomy of the lymphatic system
  • Pathophysiology of the lymphatic system
  • Medical management of lymphedema
  • Physical therapy examination
  • Intervention
  • Risk management for lymphedema
  • Adverse effects of lymph node dissection
  • Breast cancer
  • Gynecologic and other cancers
  • Evidence-based practice

  1. Musculoskeletal assessment and evaluation and physical therapy management:
  • Posture
  • Muscle testing
  • Adapted manual muscle test positions
  • Neck and upper back strain
  • Temporomandibular joint
  • Thoracic outlet syndrome
  • Carpal tunnel syndrome
  • De Quervain’s Disease
  • Diastasis Recti abdominis
  • Costal rib syndrome
  • Sacroiliac joint Pain
  • Symphysis pubis
  • Low back pain
  • Piriformis syndrome
  • Coccydynia
  • Knee and patellar dysfunction
  • Nerve palsies
  • Muscle tendon injuries
  1. Physical therapy management of women with long-term physical disabilities
  • Disablement model
  • Elements of patient management with selected pathologies
  • Psychosocial considerations of women with long-term disabilities
  • Examination of women with physical disabilities
  • Autonomic dysreflexia
  1. DSM IV classifications of psychosocial disorders: implications for screening, referral, and intervention
  • Mood disorders
  • Manic disorders
  • Anxiety disorders
  • Posttraumatic stress disorder
  1. DSM IV classifications of psychosocial disorders: implications for screening, referral, and intervention
  • Eating disorders
  • Suicide
  • Substance abuse and addiction
  • Violence and abuse