interventions final Flashcards
focus of physical stress theory
how all biological tissues react and adapt to varied levels of physical stress, or lack thereof, are imparted upon them
thresholds for adaptations
injury
increased tolerance
decreased tolerance
in which level do tissues have no change
maintenance
what happens with stressors that are below maintenance?
change in tissue and decreased tolerance
what happens with stressors that are at maintenance?
no change in tissue or tolerance
what happens with stressors that are above maintenance?
change in tissue and increased tolerance
what happens with stressors that are far above maintenance?
injury or tissue failure
are stressors isolated or cumulative?
cumulative
the composite value of stress contains what components?
time, magnitude, and direction of overall stress application
overall stress exposure if affected by what?
history of recent stresses
movement and alignment factors
muscle performance
motor control
posture and alignment
physical activity
occupational, leisure, and self-care activities
extrinsic factors
orthotic devices, taping, ADs
footwear
ergonomic environment
modalities
gravity
physiological factors
medication
age
systemic pathology
obesity
physical stress level is …
a composite value
3 injury mechanisms
high-magnitude stress applied for a brief time
low-mag stress applied for a long duration
moderate-mag stress applied to tissue repeatedly
stimulus - recovery - adaptation
immediately following stressor, there is inflammatory response which renders the tissue less stress tolerate until recovery occurs
what happens if stress was significant magnitude and tissue properly recovers?
the tissue will be more resilient that previosly
another word for significant magnitude
overloading
what is the effect of progressive underload?
doing less needs lower set-points for thresholds
what is the effect of progressive overload?
doing more needs higher set-points for thresholds
what is the PT’s role in PST?
modify the stresses to achieve a desired goal
pain and dysfunction have a huge psychobiosocial component!
3 questions to apply to exercise and activity tolerance
what is the activity goal?
what are current modifiable factors limiting goal?
how should these factors be modified to meet the goal?
what is mechanotransduction?
cells sense and respond to mechanical loads converting mechanical loading to cellular responses
what do cellular responses promote?
structural change
what cell types sense and respond to mechanical stimuli?
osteocytes
chondrocytes
fibroblasts
keratinocytes
stem cells
what part of most cells types are mechanosensitive and responsive?
primary cilium
mechano-coupling
mechanical trigger or catalyst
what happens during mechano-coupling?
the physical load causing a physical perturbation to cells that make up a tissue
occurs in numerous cells in a given tissue
cell-cell communication
communication throughout a tissue to distribute the loading message via cell signaling
what happens during cell-cell communication?
cells are physically intact throughout the tendon.
what are gap junctions?
specialized regions where cells connect and communicate charged particles.
CCC
effector response
response at the cellular level = tissue factory that produces and assembles the necessary materials in the correct alignment
what happens during effector response?
mechanical loading stimulates protein synthesis at the cellular level.
what do integrin proteins do?
bridge the intracellular and extra-cellular regains, and cytoskeleton, which functions to maintain cells integrity and distribute mechanical load
2 distinct pathways that integrin proteins activate?
cytoskeleton is in direct physical communication with nucleus
biochemical signaling agents - influence gene expression in the nucleus
summary of effector cell response
mechanical stimulus on outside of cell promotes intracellular processes leading to matrix remodeling.
PST in absence of activity
mechanotranduction signal is weak, so connective tissue of lost
ex. osteoporosis in bone
PST when loads are above tissue’s set point
body adapts by increasing protein synthesis and adding tissue where possible
are tendons mechanoresponsive?
they are very mechanoresponsive
higher intensity of loading, greater morphological change and stiffness induced
mechano-tranduction in muscles
pivotal in the regulation of protein synthesis, calcium balance, contractility and muscle mass
where does the change happen in muscles?
z discs
anabolic response to tension
myofibers are capable of differentiating between chronic longitudinal tension
producing growth in length through sarcomere deposition in series, and chronic functional overload, which produces cross-sectional hypertrophy
acute tissue healing
beings with inflammatory response and progresses until healing is complete and tissue is remodeled
inflammatory phase
damaged cells initiate inflam response
injury by-products removed by leukos
prepares tissue for proliferative
day 0 - day 4
cardinal signs of inflammation
heat - vasodilation
redness - vasodil
swelling - incres vascular permeability, granulation tissue
pain - physical and chemical stim of nociceptors
loss of function - pain, reflex muscle inhibition, disruption of tissue structure, fibroplasia and metaplasia
proliferation phase
granulation tissue forms
tissue integrity is restored, strength not at peak yet
day 4 - week 2-6
repar and remodeling
ongoing
decres in type III and cres in type I
collagen in wound matures and strengthens
max strength of new tissue regained in this phase around 4-5 weeks
week 2 - ongoing up to 18 months after wound closure
what to use to cool tissues down?
cryotherapy
what can I do in inflam stage 1 of healing?
mostly pain free ROM
sig pain may further damage the tissue
promote muscle contraction
PRICE
PROM, AAROM, possibly AROM
two pathways in remodeling
reabsorption of early predominantly type III collagen and replacement with predominantly type I collagen
OR
reorientation of collagen fibers
what can we do at stage II of healing?
tissue stressors should be gradual with continuous monitoring
signs of further tissue damage encourage reassessment of healing timeframes
we want to safely stress but not cause anymore damage
type I collagen
found in body
most abundant in body