Online Course
Chronic Ankle Instability
Learn to manage chronic ankle instability to prevent joint damage and improve a patient’s quality of life

1-1.5 hours

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Helene Simpson
Course instructor

Helene is an experienced physiotherapist and lecturer who specialises in the ankle-foot complex

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Introduction

Chronic ankle instability (CAI) is a significant issue that can cause chronic pain, swelling, and recurrent ankle sprains. Patients may present with articular cartilage defects and tibiotalar cartilage degeneration. CAI can affect an individual's quality of life and negatively impact their participation in sports, work or exercise. This course discusses the current management of CAI and details Helene Simpson's treatment protocol for this condition.

Aims

This course aims to review the current management of chronic ankle instability (CAI) and offer evidence-based treatment solutions.

Outline

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

  1. Video
  2. Reading activity
  3. 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:

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

Learning outcomes

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

  • discuss long-term outcomes for chronic ankle instability
  • differentiate between mechanical and functional instability
  • describe at least three diagnostic tools for chronic ankle instability
  • discuss evidence-based physiotherapy interventions for chronic ankle instability

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.