Participation in sports, from youth leagues to college athletics, has resulted in increased injury rates for the pediatric and adolescent population. This course will outline the use of evidence-based decision making for physical therapists as well as the medical management of pediatric and adolescent sports injuries in the developing athlete. This single-day event will focus on assessment and rehabilitation of hip injures specific to the youth athlete as well as management of the common but complex problem of patellar instability.

1. Understand the epidemiology, pathophysiology and medical management behind hip pain and patella instability in adolescent athletes
2. Understand rehabilitation principles following conservative and surgical management of hip pain in the youth athlete
3. Describe unique considerations for rehabilitation of hip injuries in the performance athlete to include dancers and gymnasts
4. Describe current advances for surgical management of the common but complex diagnosis of patella instability in the youth athlete
5. Understand rehabilitation principles for rehabilitation surrounding conservative and surgical management of patella instability
6. Describe the impact of cognitive and visual challenges on rehabilitation for select injures in the youth athlete

The conference will be held in the Leonard and Madlyn Abramson Pediatric Research Center at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 3615 Civic Center Blvd., Philadelphia, PA 19104. The course registration fee is $150 and includes continental breakfast, breaks, lunch, parking and syllabus material.

No faculty are available for this activity at this time.