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CoreFirst Strategies and Principles Flashcards

1
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Motor Learning Is:

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The automatic retention of training which alters or enhances one’s postural and movement patterns.

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Effective motor learning occurs when the training program:

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Segregates individual components of the “whole” functional activity for repetition and kinesthetic enhancement.

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When motor learning once part of a movement is automatic the individual component is:

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Reintegrated into the whole

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Once a part of an individual component is reintegrated the focus of training returns to:

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Repetition of the whole

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5
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The CoreFirst strategies for motor learning are presented from a __________ perspective.

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Problem Solving

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6
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By using a problem solving perspective the patient develops the ability to:

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Apply knowledge learned during physical therapy to other activities not explored or practiced.

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7
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The Typical Steps to teaching a CoreFirst strategy are:

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Base of support
Alignment
Automatic Core Engagement
Weight Shift
Weight Acceptance.
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Base of Support is defined as

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The foundation that accepts all body weight and which supports the structures above.

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The width and placement of the base of support is often dependent upon

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The portion and placement of the structures above

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The base of support should allow for easy:

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Weight transference and mobility of the structures above.

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The base of support should allow for the _____ position of the structures above to promote __________ and __________

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Best
Optimum balance
Vertical Weight transference

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12
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The base of support should be in such a position as to allow it to not only serve as a foundation for posture and movement, but as the ______ of movement and the _______ of force as well.

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Initiator

Generator

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13
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Base of support must be taught prior to attempt to alter or change one’s perception of _______

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Alignment

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For exercise - make sure to tailor prescription of sets, reps etc to the ________

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Patients Needs

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15
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What is the definition of alignment?

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The arrangement of the skeletal support structures.

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16
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Efficient alignment promotes a _________ of each segment in relation to its Base of Support and should allow for a state of balance which promotes ________ not _________

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Balanced Position
Relaxation
Holding Patterns

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17
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_______ and ________ are used to identify efficient alignment and posture

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Saliba Postural Classification

Functional tests

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18
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Efficient alignment is that position which allows for efficient ___________ to the base of support and can be confirmed with _________

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Vertical weight transference

Vertical Compression

19
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Good alignment and posture provides for decreased _________ stress and ______ pressure

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Ligamentous and articular

Disc

20
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Good alignment requires a minimal amount of ________ to maintain

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Muscular work

21
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Good alignment allows for the most efficient _________of core trunk stabilization and therefore a better ________ and ______ response

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Motor activation
LPM
ACE

22
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When one is positioned in an efficient alignment, vertical compression can be applied through the shoulders and result in an efficient weight distribution to the base of support with no _______ or _________ manifested in the structure.

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Buckling or Strain

23
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A gentle assessment of alignment of the cervical spine can be assessed by:

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Vertical compression to the head

24
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Bracing is an integral part of training to improve ___________ and __________ but evidence shows that when a patient is ______________ the core will respond automatically to stabilize the spine when an external force is applied

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Strength
Endurance
Properly positioned over the base of support

25
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Basic muscle physiology reveals that muscles which are already in a state of __________ are more easily facilitated

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Low amplitude activation.

26
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When in a holding pattern the ___________ muscles will will provide the primary response to an external load, inhibiting core response

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Global

27
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When training the patient to assume an efficient alignment it is important to convey the concept of _______ or _______ onto the base of support so as to allow the global muscles to let go

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Relax or settle

28
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The emphasis is made when teaching an efficient alignment to work with __________ to achieve this state of balance

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Gravity

29
Q

We use the metaphor of stacking blocks when teaching posture because there are no _________ to hold on to each block

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Muscles

30
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Automatic core engagement should be present in both ____________ responses to the change in the environment as well as during all ________ movements

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Protective or Reactive

Intentional

31
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As defined by Hodges the ____________ mechanism of our central nervous system promotes a proximal stability in anticipation of any functional activities

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Feed Forward

32
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The ACE can be assessed utilizing the functional tests _____________ and _____________

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Lumbar Protective Mechanism

Elbow Flexion Test

33
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The LPM assesses the ACE of the __________ in both sitting and standing

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Trunk

34
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The EFT can be utilized in sitting or standing to evaluate the ACE of the ________ and _________

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Trunk and scapula

35
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Weight shift is defined as:

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The transference of weight from one point in the base of support to another

36
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Weight shift included the partial or complete ________ of one point of the base of support

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Unloading

37
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Weight shifts should be initiated at the _________

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Base of support

38
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During weight shifting efficient _________ must be maintained

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Alignment

39
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In active sitting, weight shift should be initiated with________ otherwise stated as ________

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Hip flexion, hip hinging.

40
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Weight acceptance is the principle that defines

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The transition that occurs with a complete weight shift

41
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The target weight bearing surface during weight acceptance must be stable enough to support the __________ and provided ___________ to the above structure

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Above alignment

Balanced Support

42
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Weight acceptance is dependent upon an efficient ___________ and ________ and allows for the freeing of a distal extremity for __________

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Base of support
Alignment
Locomotion

43
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Weight acceptance is not just unilateral weight bearing. It is a balanced __________ over the _________ that automatically facilitates a _________ which facilitates a more efficient ________

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Alignment
Base of support
Core segmental response
Alignment

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