Fat Pad Syndrome

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Fat Pad Syndrome

The infrapatellar fat pad in a nutshell

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1-1.5 hours

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Claire Robertson

Patellofemoral Expert. Consultant Physiotherapist, Researcher, Lecturer.

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Introduction

Fat Pad Syndrome or Hoffa’s disease is a common source of anterior knee pain. The infrapatellar fat pad has also been identified as a key component in knee osteoarthritis and inflammation. This course discusses the different roles of the fat pad and gives you practical techniques for accurate diagnosis and proper management for conditions relating to this structure.

Aims

The aim of this course is to explore the structure and function of the infrapatellar fat pad and introduce examination and clinical management strategies to address its acute and chronic inflammation.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, reading, forum posts and a final quiz. The course content is split into the following sections:

Video
Reading activity
Quiz

Target audience

This course is aimed at Physiotherapy and Physical Therapy clinicians, students and assistants. Other interested professionals such as athletic trainers, occupational therapists, nurses or medical doctors interested in this subject are also invited to participate.

Practicalities

Availability - this course is online and can be completed on your own schedule.

Hours of Learning - No deadlines are applied to this course and it can be started and completed in your own time according to your personal schedule. We expect the required elements to take around 1-1.5 hours depending on your schedule and learning style. Additionally there are many optional resources provided and if you choose to review these the course could take longer to complete.

Types of Activities - Watching videos, reading, a final quiz and participating in an international discussion forum.

Certificates - At the end of the course, when you have completed all of the required elements, you will be able to download a certificate of completion and 1 Plus points will be added to your personalised learning dashboard.

Requirements to complete this course

In order to complete this course and receive a course completion certificate plus CEUs/CCUs/CPD points you will need to:

Respect the Plus Community Culture.
Log all the required learning activities as complete (represented by the orange icons!).
Actively and appropriately participate in the course discussions.
Pass a final quiz with a score of 80% or more.
Complete a course evaluation form.

Learning outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to:

describe the infrapatellar fat pad in terms of its location and attachments
list 3 characteristics of the infrapatellar fat pad
select at least 2 ways the infrapatellar fat pad influences knee mechanics
list at least 2 metabolic influences of the infrapatellar fat pad
identify at least 7 clinical features of fat pad syndrome
independently plan an examination of a case based patient with possible fat pad syndrome
independently plan the appropriate management strategy for different case scenarios of patients with fat pad syndrome

Instructor financial and non-financial disclosures

No relevant relationships disclosed by instructor.

Accessibility

For special needs or accommodations please contact us with details of how we can meet your needs.

Featured reviews

I really enjoyed this course! The resources and video material compliment each other and created a full picture of how to perform the assessment and treatment with clinical reasoning.

Rolene Schoonraad

Physiotherapist

South Africa

I really enjoyed this course and found it very interesting. it was explained clearly and one of the best courses I have completed on Physioplus so far!

Olivia Lewin

Physiotherapist

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Great course. This has helped me be able to have the confidence now to consider, diagnose and differentiate Patellofemoral fat pad issues from Patellofemoral joint issues and also the knowledge and confidence to treat them. It is easy to follow and well worth while doing.

Jenny O'Neill

Physiotherapist

Ireland

Great course. This has helped me be able to have the confidence now to consider, diagnose and differentiate Patellofemoral fat pad issues from Patellofemoral joint issues and also the knowledge and confidence to treat them. It is easy to follow and well worth while doing.

Jenny O'Neill

Physiotherapist

Ireland

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