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The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of:
scope and limitations of kinesiologylegal and ethical considerations (national and state/territory) for client assessment and treatment planning:codes of conductduty of careinformed consentmandatory reportingpractitioner/client boundaries privacy, confidentiality and disclosurerecords managementwork role boundaries:working within scope of practicepresenting symptoms that require referral to a medical practitionerwork health and safetyanatomy & physiology - structure and physiological function of all anatomical systems and regions of the bodyfactors and barriers that may impact on assessment, including:physicalemotionalcognitiveculturalfactors that affect individual health status, including:agegenderconstitutionlifestyledietmedicationsalcohol and drugsallergiespersonal and medical historyvalues and attitudesbalance of rest and activityphysical environmentsocial environmentclient information required for assessment and the scope and depth of information needed around: presenting condition - signs and symptoms past health history - medical, surgical, family, personal and social nutritional factorswhether other health professionals have been consulted for same presenting condition or other conditions and their remarksdifferent ways that signs and symptoms of conditions present, including:physicalemotionalcognitivesocialkinesiology assessment techniques and considerations and how they are used, including: muscle monitoringtechniques for assessment of:gaitposturemotiongross motor skills comprehensionhydrationregional/specific assessments contraindications to kinesiology balancing and how to respond, including:unwillingness to accept self-responsibility modelclient expectation of testing for medically determined pathology parameters presence of infectious diseases suggested by fever, nausea and lethargy without receipt of diagnosis from medical practitionerreferral options for practitioners: professional health services including complementary health modalitiescommunity resources and support services indicators for referral, including:client expectation of treatment for named medical disease or conditionundiagnosed paininfection or infectious diseasesundiagnosed lumps and tissue changesunexplained inflammationunexplained thirstoedemamood swingsbleeding and bruisingnausea, vomiting or diarrhoeafeversudden loss of weightfactors that may impact on muscle monitoring and assessment, including:age allergiesconstitutiondietenergy capacity environment – physical, socialgenderfragilitymedicationsnutritional statusfitness levels lifestylepersonal and medical historymuscle monitoring pre-checks use of alcohol or recreational drugsvalues and attitudesthe role and limitations of information and reports from other health professionals and how to establish whether the information can be usedfactors for consideration in developing a treatment plan:knowledge of the effect kinesiology has or can have on a personconstitutional make up interactions with other treatmentsrelevance of other medical informationpain levelsimprovements from both client and practitioner perspectivespresenting issue statusprotocols for treatment plans that support reliable evidence in a consistent, sequential, measured and detailed manner