Parkinson's Disease: Applying What We Know Now (Recorded Webinar)
Presented by Mike Studer
Nonfinancial: Mike Studer has no competing nonfinancial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
This course is a recording of a previously hosted live webinar event. Polling and question submission features are not available for this recording. Format and structure may differ from standard MedBridge courses.
Disease modification, compensation, and rehabilitation for Parkinson's disease (PD) are three different tracts. Within these, it is common to see the rehabilitation for Parkinson’s disease discussed as “one approach” and oversimplified into a one-size-fits-all schema. This course will further delineate the subtypes of PD, include a thorough discussion of the various subtypes (phenotypes), and begin to ascribe treatment strategies specific to each presentation. We will address the primary symptoms in PD. Thereafter, the course builds on this well-established classification paradigm for patients with primary tremor and rigidity and those with primary dyskinesia, freezing of gait, posture, and festination. Clinicians in the audience will be invited to use the paradigm to further the discussion of subtyping PD and researching within these categories as well as extend into matters of compensation and disease modification. We will provide video and case study application across three different classifications of Parkinson’s disease and reveal applicable treatment strategies that are salient for all rehabilitation professionals in the acute, home, inpatient (SNF and IRF), and outpatient settings.
Meet your instructor
Mike Studer
Mike Studer, PT, DPT, MHS, NCS, CEEAA, CWT, CSST, CBFP, CSRP, FAPTA has been a PT since 1991, a board certified in neurologic PT in 1995, and a private practice owner since 2005. Dr. Studer has been an invited speaker covering all 50 states, 14 countries, and 5 continents speaking on topics ranging from cognition and…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Description of the Neurophysiology of This Degenerative Disease
This chapter is a description of the neurophysiology of Parkinson's disease, and it reviews statistics and trends of how common the disease is.
2. Physiology of Rehabilitation and Exercise in PD
This chapter includes the neurophysiology of rehabilitation and exercise on Parkinson's disease.
3. Dyskinesia
This chapter will review the disease- and medication-induced movement disorder of dyskinesia, including nontremor involuntary movements, in Parkinson's disease.
4. Tremor and Rigidity
This chapter will review the disease-induced resting tremor and background activity/rigidity in Parkinson's disease.
5. Postural Instability and Gait Disorder (PIGD)
This chapter will review the primary changes leading to flexed posture, freezing, falling, and instability in Parkinson's disease.
6. Dual-Task in PD
This chapter will review the primary changes leading to dual-task intolerance, and the personalized considerations and interventions in Parkinson's disease.
7. Dosage in PD
This chapter will review the primary Parkinson's disease changes effected through function and elevated intensity in exercise.
8. Caregiver Training With Disease Progression
This chapter will review the PD- and phenotype-specific caregiver handling changes that are indicated to enhance function and rehabilitation success.
9. Summary
This chapter will summarize the main learning opportunities that were reviewed and gained in this course.
10. Question and Answer Session
This segment is a viewer-submitted question and answer session facilitated by Mike Studer.
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