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Dosing and Rehabilitation: Balance and Vestibular Related Impairments

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This course was built in partnership with The Academy of Pediatric Physical Therapy.

This course will focus on the validation of clinical outcome tools for children with vestibular hypofunction and dosing of interventions to improve postural control and gaze stability in children with broad balance impairments and/or vestibular hypofunction. Intense interventions for children with cerebral palsy; oculomotor and vestibular function for individuals with concussion will be discussed.

Learning Objectives:

  1. Identify vestibular related impairments and rehabilitation potential for children, based on clinical test results.
  2. Discuss the mechanisms underlying improvement of gaze stability and balance through vestibular rehabilitation.
  3. Design vestibular focused interventions for children with vestibular impairments
  4. Appreciate current evidence related to dosing parameters for interventions for vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) and vestibulospinal (Vsp) impairments in children

Jennifer Braswell Christy

PT, PhD

Jennifer Braswell Christy, PT, PhD, FAPTA is professor of physical therapy and Director of the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Christy received her doctoral training at the University of Miami where she tested outcomes and interventions related to the improvement of gaze stability and postural control in children with vestibular hypofunction. Dr. Christy serves on the faculty at the APTA Vestibular Rehabilitation Competency Course Series to include the basic and advanced courses, vestibular function testing course, and pediatric course. Dr. Christy is currently funded by the Foundation for Physical Therapy Research to study a home- based intervention for children with vestibular hypofunction. She has also completed several grants funded by APTA Pediatrics regarding optimal testing of vestibular function for children. Dr. Christy has published widely in vestibular rehabilitation to include 26 peer reviewed articles and 2 book chapters. She has travelled nationally and internationally teaching courses in pediatric vestibular rehabilitation. 

Course Instructions

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  4. Click the View/Print Your Certificate button under the Certificate listing. You can view/print your certificate at any time by visiting the APTA Learning Center and clicking the CEU Certificate/Transcript link on the left-hand side of the page. 

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