Fall Prevention: What Works and How to Do It Evidence

Course Location:
Palace Hotel
2 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, CA
Please sign in at the Regency Foyer when you arrive!
12-1:30pm
Physical Therapy Luncheon: Mission
and Future of the UCSF/SFSU
Graduate Program – You are welcome
to join Alumni and friends for a special
lunch celebrating the UCSF/SFSU
Graduate Program in Physical Therapy.
Dr. Kimberly Topp, Chair of the
Department of Physical Therapy and
Rehabilitation Science, will provide an
update on the state of the Department
and discuss ideas for the future of the
graduate programs.
CEUs
3.5 hours, approved by the UCSF
Department of Physical Therapy &
Rehabilitation Science
*Please note: You must attend both courses in
order to receive Continuing Education Units.
Registration Options
Online: visit www.ucsfalumni.org/aw
Click the “Register” button; under
Registration Type, select “Alumni Weekend”
By phone: call (415) 476-6334
Payment
$60 (includes both courses and the
Physical Therapy Luncheon)
Payment Method
2-3:30pm
Fall Prevention: What Works and
How to Do It - Erica Pitsch, PT,
MPT, DPT, NCS
3:30-5:30pm Evidence-Based Observational
Running Analysis - Richard Souza, PT,
PhD and Erin Green, PT, DPT
5:30-6:30pm Physical Therapy Social Hour - Join
us after the continuing education
courses for a casual social hour.
Credit cards preferred
Check, make payable to “UC Regents”
Mail to: UCSF
Attn: Denise Leong
220 Montgomery Street, 5th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94104
Questions
Contact Louis Gutierrez at (415) 476-4723 or
louis.gutierrez@ucsf.edu.
Fall Prevention:
What Works and
How to Do It
&
Evidence-Based
Observational
Running Analysis
Saturday, May 30
2:00pm - 5:30pm
Luncheon at 12:00pm
Fall Prevention:
What Works and
How to Do It
Evidence-Based
Observational
Running Analysis
Educational Goal
Educational Goal
Participants will be able to describe the evidence
behind fall prevention strategies.
The goal of this course is to teach clinicians the
latest research on running biomechanics and equip
them with the necessary tools to perform a
comprehensive observational running analysis for
runners of all levels.
Course Objectives
By the end of this course, participants will:
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Be able to choose the outcome measures that
identify fall risk for different settings and patient
abilities.
Prescribe evidence-based exercise strategies in
order to reduce fall risk.
Implement treatment strategies that optimally
challenge the patient and remain safe.
Erica Pitsch, PT,
MPT, DPT, NCS
is a Health Sciences Assistant
Clinical Professor in the UCSF
Department of Physical
Therapy and Rehabilitation
Science. Dr. Pitsch earned
her Master of Physical
Therapy from the Graduate
Program in Physical Therapy at UCSF/SFSU, and her
post-professional Doctor of Physical Therapy from the
University of Southern California in 2010. She
received her Neurologic Clinical Specialist certification
in 2012.
The instructors will break down the critical phases of
running, highlight key events, and relate abnormal
biomechanics to common overuse injuries and
performance issues. Participants will be prepared to
perform a comprehensive observational running
analysis within five minutes.
Course Objectives
Participants will be able to:
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Identify common injuries affecting
recreational runners.
Describe the evidence behind biomechanical
analysis for common running injuries including
PFPS & ITB syndrome.
List the clinical corollaries to common
biomechanical dysfunctions that can be tested
in PT evaluation.
Execute a running evaluation within 5 minutes
using a standard treadmill, video camera, and
free software.
Compare recent trends and evidence in
running culture, including Chi Running,
Barefoot, and Pose method.
Discuss EBM treatment strategies for each of
the biomechanical abnormalities identified.
Richard Souza,
PT, PhD is an
Associate Professor with
joint appointments in
Physical Therapy and
Rehabilitation Science,
Radiology & Biomedical
Imaging, and Orthopaedic Surgery at UCSF. His areas
of expertise include biomechanics, medical imaging
for orthopaedics, running overuse injuries, motion
analysis, and osteoarthritis. Dr. Souza currently
teaches PT 210 Radiology for Physical Therapists in
the UCSF/SFSU Doctor of Physical Therapy
curriculum.
Erin Green,
PT, DPT is a Staff
Physical Therapist at the
UCSF Outpatient Faculty
Practice. Her areas of
expertise include
application of
manual therapy and therapeutic exercise for the
treatment of patients with orthopedic and sportsrelated injuries, as well as return-to-sport treatment
progression and management. Dr. Green received
her BA in Psychology with a minor in Spanish
Literature from the University of California, San
Diego and her DPT degree from UCSF/SFSU in 2009.
She completed the Kaiser Hayward Advanced
Fellowship in Orthopedic Manual Therapy in 2013.