Ultrasound Following Tendon Repair
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Speaker: Dr. Michelle Cameron
Description
Ultrasound therapy may promote tendon healing and strength, and optimize scar remodeling after tendon repair.
Dr. Cameron will review common complications following tendon repair, how and when ultrasound therapy may enhance outcomes,
potential benefits and risks of applying ultrasound therapy after tendon repair, and how to optimize potential benefits while minimizing the risks.
Specific Objectives
After attending this webinar, the attendee will:
- Describe the most common complications of flexor tendon repair.
- State when it is safe to start ultrasound therapy after flexor tendon repair.
- Describe the mechanism and potential benefits of ultrasound therapy after flexor tendon repair.
- State the potential risks of ultrasound therapy after flexor tendon repair.
- Explain how to optimize the benefits and minimize the risks of ultrasound therapy after flexor tendon repair.
Speaker Bio
Michelle H. Cameron, MD, PT, is a neurologist, physical therapist, teacher, author, and clinician.
She is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Neurology at Oregon Health & Science University and the author of the textbook
Physical Agents in Rehabilitation: from Research to Practice, a bestseller now in its 6th edition and translated into six languages.
She has authored over 100 peer-reviewed articles and co-edited the textbooks
Physical Rehabilitation: Evidence-Based Examination, Evaluation and Intervention
and Physical Rehabilitation for the Physical Therapist Assistant.
Dr. Cameron’s research focuses on electrophysical agents in rehabilitation and imbalance and falls in people with multiple sclerosis.
She also teaches continuing education courses worldwide on the use of electrophysical agents in rehabilitation.
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