3 Neck Pain Mobility WAD Flashcards
What are the common symptoms of neckpain with mobility deficits?
- Central and unilateral neck pain
- limitation in neck motion that reproduces symptoms
- Associated shoudler girdle and UE pain that may be present
What is are the expected exam findings for neck pain with mobility deficits?
- Limited cervical ROM
- Neck pain reproduced at end ranges of AROM/PROM
- Restricted C and T segmental mobility
- Neck and reffered pain reproduced with provication of involved C or Upper thoracic segments or cervical musculature
- Deficits in cervicoscapulothoracic strength and motor control presented with individuals with subacute or chronic neck pain
What the the physical impairment measures?
- Cervical AROM
- Cervical and thoracic segmental mobility
Check for symtom reproduction and when in range is pain produced?
What are the Acute interventions for neck pain with mobility impairments?
- Thoracic manipulation
- Cervical mobilization or manip
- Cervical ROM, stretching, isometric strengthening
- Advice to stay active + ROM/Isometric HEP exercise
- Supervised exercise
- Stay active (general fitness training)
What are the subacute interventions for mobility deficits?
- Cervical/Thoracic manip/mobilization
- Cervivoscapulothoric Endurance exercise
What are the interventions for chronic mobility deficits?
- Thoracic manipulation
- Cervical mobilization
- Combined Cervicoscapulothoric exercise plus mobiliation + maip
- Mixed exercise for coordination, proprioception, postural training, stretching, strengthening, endurance, cognitive affective elemments
- Stay active lifestyle
- Dry needle, low level laser, High power US, traction, TENS, E stim
T or False Thoracic thurst improves short term and long term outcomes regardless of CPR?
T
What is the clinical prediction rule for Cervical Thrust Manipulation?
- Symptoms < 38 days
- Postive expecation of manipulation will help
- Cervical rotation ROM side to side difference of 10 degrees or greater
- Pain with PA testing mid cervical range
What are common symptoms you find with Neck Pain with movement coordination impairments (WAD)?
- Mechanism of onset lined to trauma/whiplash
- Associated shoulder girld UE pain
- Associated non specific concussive s/s
- Dizziness and nausea
- Headache, concentration or memory difficulties, confusion, hypersensitivity to mechanical theral, acoutsic, odor or light
What findings would you expect for Neck pain with coordination impairments?
- Positive cranial cervical flexion test
- Positive neck flecor/muscle endurance test
- postive pressure algometry
- Strength/endurance deficits
- Neck pain mid range that worses with end range
- point tenderness may include myofascial trigger points
- Sensiomotor impairment may include altered muscle activation/proprioception/ postural or balance
- Neck and reffered pain reproduced involved cervical segments
What muscles are associated with movement coordination impairments?
- Anterior
- Longus colli, Longus capitus
- Posterior
- Cervical multifdi, semispinalis cervicis/capitus, splenius cervicus/capitus
Deep to SCM muscles
Control, stability (mid range), support of C curvature, unable to be replicated by more specific elements
Label 1 - 4
- Multifidus rotators
- Semispinalis Cervicis
- Semispinalis capitus
- Splennius Cerv/Cap
- Trapezius
What is fatty infiltrate and what muscles occur during whiplast?
- Sub occipital and deep multifidus muscles
- leads to muscle not being used to the best of its ability
Which muscles show hyperactivity and poor endurance after whiplash?
- Hyperactivity: SCM, scalenes, trapezius
- Poor endurance: Deep neck flexors
What is the Craniocervical Flexion Test?
- Start with pressure unit to 20mmHg
- pt gives chin tuck at 5 different pressures (22, 24, 26,28, 30)
- Hold for 10 seconds/30 second rest
- Testing ends when patient can hold pressure for 10 seconds
Looing for engagement of superficial muscles and hyperactivity