DPT 815: Movement Across the Lifespan

Guide
DPT
Credits 2

This course will introduce the student to contemporary theories of human neuromotor development across the lifespan. The course will address typical and atypical developmental directions, progressions, and typical milestones of both gross and fine motor skills. Aspects of gait, balance and the pain experience will be examined as they affect a person throughout their lives. Normal physiological changes associated with aging will be discussed from a systems perspective.