Core Stability and Fall Prevention
Presented by John O’Halloran
Non-Financial: John O’Halloran has no competing non-financial interests or relationships with regard to the content presented in this course.
Meet your instructor
John O’Halloran
John O’Halloran, PT, DPT, OCS, ATC (retired), CSCS (retired), Cert MDT, Certified SCTM-1 Practitioner, is a board-certified orthopedic clinical specialist by the American Physical Therapy Association with over 30 years of experience in the field of orthopedics. He earned his postprofessional Doctor of Physical Therapy from…
Chapters & learning objectives
1. Core Stability and Fall Prevention
This chapter will review the literature on the implications of core stability training. The chapter will discuss the various components of core training and how they relate to fall risk and prevention.
2. The Effect of Strength and Core Stabilization Training
This chapter will discuss the wide ranges of interventions for core training and fall prevention. Interventions ranging from breathing exercises to specific intrinsic and extrinsic core exercises will be discussed and critiqued.
3. Lab and Clinical Demonstrations
This chapter will take the review of literature into practical clinical application. Detailed lab demonstrations and case studies will be discussed and performed.
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