Foundations and Techniques

Question 1

What 6 components make up function?

Answer 1

muscle performance, stability, balance/ postural equilibrium, coordination, cardiopulmonary endurance, mobility/ flexibility

Question 2

Motor learning consists of what 2 things?

Answer 2

Acquisition and retention of skilled movement

Question 3

What is a discrete task?

Answer 3

a task that has a recognizable beginning and end

Question 4

What is a serial task?

Answer 4

a task that is composed of a series of discrete movements that are combined in a particular sequence. Ex eat with a fork, wheel chair transfers etc.

Question 5

During the cognitive stage the patient is …

Answer 5

learning how, need to think about it. Open environment may be to distracting, and errors are common

Question 6

During the associative stage the patient is…

Answer 6

fine tuning, problem solving to self correct, fewer mistakes

Question 7

During the autonomic stage the patient is…

Answer 7

in autopilot and doesn’t need to pay attention

Question 8

Concurrent Feedback occurs during..

Answer 8

real time as the patient is completing each rep

Question 9

Immediate feedback occurs when

Answer 9

the patient has done a few reps and feedback is given

Question 10

Delayed feedback occurs when

Answer 10

the patient has completed a set or a decent amount of repetitions and feedback is given

Question 11

Summary feedback occurs when

Answer 11

the patient has completed the exercise and a summary of feedback is given to the patient

Question 12

Continuous task

Answer 12

A task that involves repetitive, uninterrupted movements that have no distinct beginning or end. Ex walking, ascending/descending stairs, cycling etc.

Question 13

Results of concurrent visual cues

Answer 13

learned the skill more quickly, but poor retention 2 days later

Question 14

Results of immediate response group

Answer 14

retained info much better than the concurrent group

Question 15

Which group of feed back had the best retention?

Answer 15

summary and concurrent

Question 16

Difference between tendonopathy, tendonitis, tenosynovitis, and tendonosus?

Answer 16

tendonopathy is an umbrella term, tendonitis is inflammation of tendon(typically acute), tendonosis is chronic overuse leading to degeneration, and tendosynovitis is multiple tendons in sheath, and the sheath becomes inflamed

Question 17

What affects tissue healing?

Answer 17

Age, body type, chronic disease, nutrition, and smoking

Question 18

How long is the inflammation phase? and what does it consist of?

Answer 18

typically 4-6 day and there are complex chemical and cellular interactions like the release of histamines and bradykinins, pain, redness/swelling, spasm

Question 19

What are the goals during the inflammation phase?

Answer 19

patient education, manage pain and swelling, PROM/AAROM

Question 20

How long is proliferative phase? what does it consist of?

Answer 20

typically 5-21 days but can last up to 6 weeks. Pt education still important, progress to AAROM/AROM, open and CKC exercises. Be careful not to advance exercises to early

Question 21

When is it “too much” exercise?

Answer 21

pain continues after 4 hours, not resolved within 24

Question 22

What are PT goals during the remodeling/ maturation stage?

Answer 22

progressive strengthening and stretching, complex higher level exercises, increase endurance. Keep up with patient education

Question 23

Difference between RA and OA

Answer 23

RA is typically in a younger population, effects joints bilaterally, smaller jts sudden onset, and can have systemic signs like fatigue, weight loss, fever, and malaise. OA typically only affects 1 joint, larger jts of LE, often history of overuse/ injury, and is the 2nd highest cause of disability in US.