Level I Virtual Course:
Elevate your gait analysis and treatment.
Empower your patients.
Join the research-backed course that helps you confidently analyze and treat complex gait dysfunctions — with flexible, self-paced learning that can be applied in the clinic the next day.
Is This Course Right for You?
- You treat patients or clients with any type of gait impairments
- You want a clear, structured approach to gait assessment and treatment
- You’re looking for immediately applicable tools, not just theory
- You’re ready to deepen your gait expertise and start the path to speciality certification
- You’re interested in elevating your prosthetic gait training skills
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$525.00 $395.00
Trusted by Clinicians Around the World
This course is designed to provide clinicians with an advanced, in-depth framework of gait theory, rehabilitation principles, and analysis to effectively treat gait dysfunction. The course reviews gait theory and focuses on practical, clinically appropriate approaches for observational and instrumented gait analysis. The course then advances clinicians’ knowledge in evidence-based functional testing strategies and pathological gait mechanisms and diagnoses before providing a hands-on, patient-centered approach for rehabilitation and plan of care development for clients with impaired motor control, orthopedic injury, amputation, and or any other gait dysfunctions.
This course follows a progression of Mission Gait’s ideal practice principles and reinforces them with a live Zoom case study presentation, providing the clinician with skills to be used immediately upon their return to the clinical setting. Mission Gait courses have been completed by more than 200 professionals. Our educational content is trusted by PT school professors across the United States and in 20 countries.
We are very excited to offer Gait Rehabilitation: Core Concepts and Treatment Strategies virtually for physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and other rehabilitation professionals! The course allows you to earn a certificate for 15 Contact Hours (CEUs available for PTs, PTAs, and CPOs).
Completing this course is the first step toward the Gait Rehabilitation Specialist Certification – Mission Gait Foundation’s groundbreaking credential for rehabilitation professionals dedicated to excellence in gait rehabilitation. After completing Level I, learners may progress to Level II. Upon completion of both levels, physical therapists and physical therapist assistants earn the title of Gait Rehabilitation Specialist and are included in our Database of Providers.
What You’ll Learn
Course Objectives
- Analyze the kinetics and kinematics of the gait cycle to identify normal and abnormal movement patterns.
- Describe the Rancho phases and critical events involved in gait observational analysis, explaining their relevance in clinical practice.
- Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of observational and instrumented gait analysis
- Select and apply outcome measures to objectively assess a patient’s gait function
- Identify the six mechanisms of pathological gait
- Demonstrate proficiency in pre-ambulation and gait training rehabilitation techniques, prioritizing patient-specific needs
- Recognize the value of Mission Gait’s ideal practice paradigm
- Infer applicable principles from existing research to guide treatment decisions
- Identify basic components of external devices and their applicability to gait rehabilitation
Virtual Course Content
Section 1: Fundamentals of Normal Gait
- Initial Concepts
- The Gait Cycle
- Gait Energetics
- Gait Analysis: Observational & Instrumented
- Tests and Measures
Section 2: Pathological Gait
- Pathological Mechanisms
Section 3: Pre-Gait
- Foundational Priorities
- Neuromuscular re-education for the Quadriceps
- Neuromuscular re-education for the Gluteus Medius
- Neuromuscular re-education for the Gluteus Maximus
- External Device Considerations
- Standing Motor Control Exercises
Section 4: Gait Training
- Systemic Gait Training Progression
- Functional/Community Gait Training
- Sports/Recreational Gait Training
Section 5: Orthoses
- Footwear Considerations (new)
- Orthotic Considerations to Support Gait Training
Section 6: Prostheses
- Prosthetic Considerations
- Prosthetic Pre-Gait Training
- Prosthetic Gait Training
- Prosthetic Gait Deviations (new)
Section 7: Live Zoom 2-hour class with case study review
After completing this course, learners can register for Level II: Gait Rehabilitation Specialist Certification!
What You Get
- One year of access to the course content
- Printable course book with original images
- Access to 2-hour Live Zoom concluding lecture with interactive case study
- Certificate for 15 contact hours (CEUs)
- Access to future content updates
New Updates for 2025
We’ve recently completed a major update to this course, incorporating over 100 new peer-reviewed scholarly sources to support your learning. We’ve also refreshed video content to reflect the latest best practices in gait rehabilitation, including:
- Observational and Instrumented Gait Analysis
- Pathological Mechanisms
- Tests and Measures
- Functional/Community Gait Training
- NEW: Footwear Considerations
- Orthotic Considerations to Support Gait Training
- NEW: Prosthetic Gait Deviations
Why Choose the Virtual Format?
- Fits into your schedule: Flexible pacing designed for busy clinicians
- Expert instruction: Video-based lectures and real clinical applications
- Global community: Live Zoom session connects you with clinicians worldwide
- Immediate clinical impact: Techniques you can use with patients right away
Testimonial:
“I found this format very fitting for busy clinicians. The lecture with video style of information was great. This class provided an excellent progression to gait foundations I had from PT school and through watching the Mission Gait Youtube Channel!”
Course Format & Access
Once you register for and purchase the Virtual Course you will have access to the course material and videos for 1 year. You may work at your own pace to complete the course. However, we recommend that you NOT stretch-it-out too long, as the content builds from one section to the next.
The course concludes with a 2-hour Live Zoom lecture and full case study with your Mission Gait Instructor and other participants from around the globe. You will select your Zoom Date from the 11 options listed below. Then you will be prepared for the final quiz, and upon passing will receive 15 contact hours! (CEU details at bottom of page.)
Registration Details: You will receive an email directly from Core Achieve outlining how to access your course. You will receive a separate email from Mission Gait asking you to select your preferred Zoom Session Date.
Zoom Dates for 2025
- Saturday, January 25 – 9am EST
- Saturday, February 22 – 9am EST
- Saturday Evening, March 22 – 8pm EST
- Saturday, April 26 – 9am EST
- Saturday, May 24 – 9am EST
- Saturday Evening, June 14 – 8pm EST
- Saturday, July 26 – 9am EST
- Saturday, August 23 – 9am EST
- Saturday Evening, September 27 – 8pm EST
- Saturday, October 18 – 9am EST
- Saturday, November 15 – 9am EST
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$525.00 $395.00
CEU Details
CEU Approval for Physical Therapists and PTAs: Mission Gait Foundation has obtained approval for 15 Continuing Education Units/Continuing Credit Units in most states in the USA. The course does not currently have continuing education approval from the following states: IL, KS, LA, NV, PA. Physical Therapists and Physical Therapists Assistants in those states, please contact us for more information on applying for individual CEU or CCU approval.
ABCOP CEU Approval: Mission Gait Foundation is pleased to announce that our Level 1 Virtual Course has been approved by ABCOP for all 50 states and D.C. – for 14.75 Scientific Credits for the following professionals: CFo, CFts, CO, COA, CP, CPA, Cped, CPO, CPOA, CTO, CTP, CTPO.
In-Person Hybrid Course Option
Looking for a more hands-on experience? In the hybrid online/in-person version of our Level I course, learners complete 7-hours worth of content online prior to the In-Person event. Then we complete the final 8-hours of the course together with live lecture labs and patient application experiences. This way busy professionals can obtain 15 CEU hours while only giving up one day of their weekend. These events are scheduled on a limited basis by request.
Need-Based Scholarship
Mission Gait Foundation is committed to accessibility. If financial constraints are a barrier to your participation in our continuing education courses, please fill out the form below to inquire about need-based scholarships.
