What Are Best Practices for Rehabilitation Post Hip Fracture?

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Are you up to date? In this podcast, geriatric clinical specialist Dr. Ken Miller, PT, DPT, MA discusses how PTs and PTAs can apply the Hip Fracture Clinical Practice Guidelines to achieve great patient outcomes.

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(02:23) The Role of Clinical Practice Guidelines
(15:50) Key Takeaways from the CPGs
(17:52) Best Practices for Assessing Strength
(19:32) What If My Patient Can’t Perform Functional Measures?
(22:46) Self-Reported Measures
(25:46) The CPGs Recommended Interventions: Appendix J
(27:57) Using 1-Repetition Maximum in Clinical Practice
(36:55) Patients with Cognitive Impairment: Clinical Example
(40:46) Resisted Walking Examples
(41:58) Tips for Clinicians in Acute Care Settings
(43:39) Interprofessional Multidisciplinary Care
(46:55) Planning for Long-Term Success
(51:11) Conclusion

The content for this course was created by Ken Miller, PT, DPT, MA, Board-Certified Geriatric Clinical Specialist.

The content for this course was created by Tiffany Shubert, PT, PhD.

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Resources 

Physical Therapy Management of Older Adults with Hip Fracture CPG: https://www.jospt.org/doi/epdf/10.2519/jospt.2021.0301