Clinical Management of Cerebellar Dysfunction
Presented by Susan B. Perry
Non-Financial: Susan B. Perry has no competing non-financial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Meet your instructor
Susan B. Perry
Susan B. Perry, PT, DPT, is Professor and Curriculum Director in the Doctor of Physical Therapy Program at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, PA. She has been a full-time faculty member at Chatham since 1995, where her primary teaching assignment includes adult neurologic rehabilitation. Her neurologic practice experience…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Review of the Cerebellar Role in Motor Learning
This chapter includes the particular contribution of the cerebellum during motor task learning; the influence of dysfunction on motor learning; and evidence for motor learning in the presence of cerebellar dysfunction (CD).
2. Review of the Cerebellar Role in Motor Control
This chapter discusses how the cerebellum helps to control limb and eye movement, and how dysfunction results in dysmetria, ataxia, and other movement disorders.
3. Rehabilitation for Persons with Cerebellar Disorders
This chapter provides current physical therapy evidence for CD, and includes comprehensive ataxia scales and examination/intervention principles.
4. Case-Based Application of Rehabilitation Principles
Examination results and a plan of care for an individual with chronic alcoholic cerebellar atrophy are presented.
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