Online Course
Considerations for Lumbar Assessment
Understand the important components of a low back examination

1.5-2 hours

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Nick Rainey
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Nick is a physical therapist with a passion for teaching and mentoring and evidence-based management of his patients

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Introduction

Low back pain is a significant public health issue worldwide and is associated with high personal and social burden. Around 90 percent of individuals who present to primary care with low back pain have non-specific low back pain. However, one to two percent of individuals with low back pain will have a serious condition. During the lumbar assessment, it is crucial to determine if a patient has any red flags that indicate serious pathology and to refer where necessary. This course provides a discussion of red flags and the overall components of a lumbar assessment, from the subjective history to objective tests and measures.

Aims

This course aims to describe the various components of a lumbar assessment.

Outline

This course is made up of videos, reading, discussions 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 1.5-2 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 1.3 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:

  • describe the key subjective and objective components of a lumbar assessment
  • identify at least two factors that should be considered when discussing assessment findings with an individual who has low back pain

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.