What is the final learning outcome ?
After attending the basic and advanced training program the therapist must be able to examine a patient in an independant and safe way and to reach a diagnosis as specific and as valid as possible. He manages the clinical reasoning process in a good way. This only within the field of soft tissue lesions of the locomotor system. Once a diagnosis is achieved the therapist can start a relevant conservative treatment (friction massage, manipulation, mobilization, traction, infiltration and injections (for MD’s)), taking into account the nature, the severity and the localization of the lesion, together with the personality of the patient. The therapist will promote a thourough team work between MD and physical therapist in order to optimize the efficiency of the examination and treatment techniques. Besides achieving a diagnosis one must also know how to achieve a differential diagnosis including the recognition of certain alarm patterns. Firstly the therapist must try to achieve a relevant
