2025 Lower Quarter Foundation Webinar #4
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Neuromuscular Adaptations in Trunk & Lower Extremities
The Foundation Webinars will cover the key principles of the kinesiopathologic model, as they apply to the lumbar spine and lower extremities. The 5 webinars are designed to present the foundational concepts of the kinesiopathologic model in enough detail and relevance so they can be applied immediately to clinical practice.
- Event date: April 2, 2025 Wednesday
- Time: 7pm-8:30pm Central Time
- Location: Zoom
- Speaker: Shirley Sahrmann, PT, PhD, FAPTA
After 4/2/2025, the content will be available as a self-study online course in your course page.
When you register for Foundation Webinars, you will be registered for all 5 events from January to May, 2025 for $200. If you are currently an active ALL ACCESS member, you DO NOT need to register, as these 5 webinars are included in your membership.
Webinar Description
This is the fourth of five Lower Quarter Foundation Webinars in 2025. This webinar will describe the relationship between the neurological and musculoskeletal system in developing and modifying movement patterns. The importance of the pattern of activation and how that is more important than the strength of individual muscles will be discussed. The presentation will highlight how normally innervated muscles become weak and the stimulus for establishing the pattern of activation. The role of gravity and structural variations affect muscle activation, development, and skeletal adaptations are important considerations for developing a treatment program. This information is also an important base for recognizing potential injurious movement patterns. This presentation will stress how the physiological set of the movement system is to minimize energy expenditure and the implications for neuromuscular adaptations. Also to be discussed is how two people can perform the same activity but use very different muscle strategies and how that affects development of a treatment program. Features of the examination used to identify the neuromuscular pattern of activation will be presented.
Learning Objectives
Upon viewing this webinar content, and passing the post-webinar quiz on the course page, the participants will be able to:
- Describe the role of the neuromuscular pattern of activation on muscle development
- Discuss why normally innervated muscles become weak
- Discuss how the physiological set of minimizing energy expenditure
- Give examples of how the line of gravity affects muscle participation
- Discuss how two individuals can perform the same motions but use different muscle strategies
- Describe structural variations that affect the pattern of movement
- Discuss Components of the examination used to identify neuromuscular activation patterns
Schedule
April 2, 2025 Wednesday (Central Time)
7pm: Speaker introduction and announcements
7:05pm ~ 8:15pm: Lecture
8:15pm ~ 8:30pm: Q&A and discussion, post-webinar instructions for CEUs
After the live Zoom webinar, recording will be uploaded to your course page, as a self-paced online course.
Speaker Profile: Shirley Sahrmann, PT, PhD, FAPTA
Dr. Sahrmann is professor emerita of physical therapy at WashU Medicine Physical Therapy. She received her BS degree in physical therapy, masters and PhD in neurobiology from Washington University, where she was a clinician and faculty member for 56 years. Her research interests were in disordered motor control and classification of musculoskeletal disorders. Dr. Sahrmann with her colleagues at WashU Medicine Physical Therapy has been a major promotor of the movement system and the development of movement related diagnostic categories to direct physical therapy treatment which formed the basis of her published books. She has lectured extensively nationally and internationally.
