The Movement System: Foundations and Body Regions

About this Certificate Program

This certificate program teaches you how to use the movement system to assess, diagnose, and treat movement dysfunction. The courses focus on body regions and serve as a foundation for assessing the neck, shoulder, knee, low back, hip, foot, and ankle. The material then focuses on mobility, muscle performance, and movement assessments and interventions to optimize patient care. The content is highly interactive, with an emphasis on the practical application of principles covered.

Target audience

This certificate program is for physical therapists, occupational therapists, and athletic trainers.

Goals & objectives

• Categorize suboptimal human movement into the movement system impairment (MSI) syndrome classification system

• Integrate key concepts from the MSI model into an ICF-based treatment model that incorporates movement coordination dysfunction with mobility and muscle performance deficits

• Link posture and movement analysis with symptom modification procedures to determine movement classifications and inform clinical decision-making

• Select movement-based intervention techniques for movement syndrome classifications of the neck, shoulder, knee, low back, hip, foot, and ankle