Course Details

This module covers:
• The ageing population and the burden of spinal pain
• Risk factors and clinical course of spinal pain in older adults
• Exercise and manual therapy interventions for the older patient
• Other considerations when managing spinal pain in older patients.

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    Frontiers in conservative spine care for older adults

    • Frontiers in conservative spine care for older adults. [1 pt/hr]

    • Assessment: Frontiers in conservative spine care for older adults.

Course Learning Outcomes

On completion of the module, you will be able to:

1) The ageing population and the burden of spinal pains

2) Risk factors and clinical course of spinal pain in older adults

3) Exercise and manual therapy interventions for the older patient

4) Other considerations when managing spinal pain in older patients.


CPD Hours/Points = 1

Instructor

Researcher

Katie de Luca

Dr. Katie de Luca is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Chiropractic at Macquarie University, in Sydney Australia. Her research interests focus on the epidemiology and management of musculoskeletal conditions, with expertise in the elderly. She has 29 peer-reviewed journal publications and more than 50 conference presentations, which includes several invited keynote presentations on back pain in the elderly. Katie is on the editorial boards of Chiropractic and Manual Therapies and JMPT. She has received several large competitive grants, in excess of half a million dollars. Most recently she was awarded an industry led grant for a four year, internationally collaborative longitudinal study on back pain in the elderly. Katie is a board member for the Chiropractic Australia Research Foundation and is the Research Chair for Sports Chiropractic Australia. She is one of only 13 global CARL Fellows, an early career research group which is mentored to foster chiropractic research capacity

Researcher

Katie de Luca

Dr. Katie de Luca is a post-doctoral research fellow in the Department of Chiropractic at Macquarie University, in Sydney Australia. Her research interests focus on the epidemiology and management of musculoskeletal conditions, with expertise in the elderly. She has 29 peer-reviewed journal publications and more than 50 conference presentations, which includes several invited keynote presentations on back pain in the elderly. Katie is on the editorial boards of Chiropractic and Manual Therapies and JMPT. She has received several large competitive grants, in excess of half a million dollars. Most recently she was awarded an industry led grant for a four year, internationally collaborative longitudinal study on back pain in the elderly. Katie is a board member for the Chiropractic Australia Research Foundation and is the Research Chair for Sports Chiropractic Australia. She is one of only 13 global CARL Fellows, an early career research group which is mentored to foster chiropractic research capacity