3 Lecture hours/week 45 lecture hours / trimester
2 lab hours/week 30 lab hours / trimester
4 Credit hours 75 Total contact hours

COURSE DESCRIPTION:
This course introduces students to proper Orthopedic examination procedures and test for the cervical, thoracic, and lumbar spine, pelvis, shoulder, elbow, wrist, hand knee, ankle and foot.  It also presents an organized system for approaching Musculoskeletal disorders and introduces students to the necessity of differentially diagnosing between Musculoskeletal disorders and visceral disease processes.

PREREQUISITES:
Systemic Anatomy, Clinical Biomechanics, Neuroscience I, Extraspinal Biomechanics