Week 16-20: Screening the chest, breasts, and ribs
This chapter covers the use of the screening model to evaluate the chest, breasts, or ribs, screening for oncologic causes of chest or rib pain, screening for cardiovascular causes of the chest, breast, or rib pain, screening for pleuropulmonary causes of the chest, breast, or rib pain, screening for gastrointestinal causes of the chest, breast, or rib pain, screening for breast conditions that cause chest or breast pain, screening for other conditions as a cause of chest, breast, or rib pain, screening for musculoskeletal causes of the chest, breast, or rib pain, screening for neuromuscular or neurologic causes of the chest, breast, or rib pain and physician referral
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Course Material
- Week 1-2: Introduction to screening for referral in physical therapy
- Week 3-4: Introduction to the interviewing process
- Week 5-6: Overview of the physiology of pain and systemic causes of pain
- Week 7-10: Physical assessment as a screening tool
- Week 11-15: Screening the lower quadrant: buttock, hip, groin, thigh, and leg
- Week 16-20: Screening the chest, breasts, and ribs
- Week 21-24: Screening the shoulder and upper extremity
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- Department Allied Health Sciences
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Dr. Muhammad Mustafa Qamar
