Maitland Flashcards

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Introduction

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A manual therapy approach
-Hands-on
-Indications, contraindications, and precautions
-Graded oscillatory movements to assess and treat
Assessment
-Active, with overpressure as needed
-Passive physiological (~3 oscillations at each segment of increasing depth)
-Accessory (as above)
Treatment
-Joint mobilization: grades I - IV
-Joint manipulation: grade V (thrust; HVLA)

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Maitland Key Concepts

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Reproducible Signs and Symptoms
Graded Oscillatory Movements
Commitment to the Patient 
Skilled Communication
Clinical Reasoning
Manual Therapy 
Assessment
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Geoff D. Maitland

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(1924-2010)

  • Australian physiotherapist
  • Vertebral Manipulation (book 1964, 2014 - 8th edition)
  • Peripheral Manipulation (book 1970, 2013 - 5th edition)
  • lateral thinker
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Commitment to the Patient

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  • Non-judgmental (believe the patient)
  • Learn the patient’s plight
  • Compassion
  • Humility
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Skilled Communication

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  • Misunderstandings are common
  • Really listen (don’t just hear) - Verbal and Non-verbal (tone, body language, eye-contact)
  • Clarify
  • Effective questioning
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Communication Guidelines

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  • Never assume
  • Reticent vs. garrulous
  • Latching on to key words
  • Immediate - response, convert statement of fact into comparisons, non-verbal responses
  • Suggestive (biased) questions - “right?”
  • Short word: “Worse?” “This vs. that?” “Same?”
  • Asking vs. telling (pt. doesn’t like being told what to do, make it their idea)
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Treatment Philosophy

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  • Direct your treatment towards reproducible signs and symptoms (ex. pain, stiffness, spasm) rather than patho-anatomical or biomechanical diagnostic titles.
  • Avoids confusion over labels (black box analogy).
  • Diagnosis may present different, so need different treatment (stage, symptoms, movement impairment, tissues/pain generator)
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Manual Therapy Approaches

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Pain Approaches
-Maitland
-McKenzie
-Mulligan
Biomechanical Approaches
-Norwegian (Kaltenborn and Evjenth)
-Paris
-Osteopathic
-Grimsby
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Active ROM, with Overpressure prn

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Typical (spine)
-Flexion (forward bend, FB)
-Extension (backward bend, BB)
-Side flexion R/L (side bend, SB)
-Rotation R/L
Patient specific (ex. golf downswing)
Combined as needed (ex. quadrant)
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Passive Physiological (PPIVMs)

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  • Passive Physiological Inter0vertebral Movements
  • FB, BB, SB R/L, and rotation R/L
  • Used to assess and treat
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Accessory (PAIVMs)

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  • Passive Accessory Inter-Vertebral Movements
  • CPA, UPA, Transverse, and UAP
  • Used to assess and treat
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Accessory (PAIVMs) - Specific Techniques

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  • CPA - central PA pressures on SP
  • UPA - unilateral PA pressures:
  • -C-spine - lamina
  • -T-spine - facet, TP, rib angle
  • -L-spine - facet, TP
  • Transverse - L to R (vice versa) pressures on side of SP
  • UAP - cervical or lumbar
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PAVIMs - Variations

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  • Angles (ex. UPA directed 30 degrees medially; or directed cephalic)
  • Joint position (ex. neutral vs. non-neutral)
  • Patient position (ex. prone, supine, sit, side-lying)
  • Combined techniques (ex. C7/T1 SB L PPIVMs combined with a L to R transverse PAIVM at C7)
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Assessment - What is it?

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  • Assessment is the careful study of pain, stiffness, and/or muscle spasm behavior with movement.
  • -Detailed
  • -Precise
  • -Continual
  • Assessment derives effective management.
  • -Assessment is primary
  • -Techniques are secondary - but important
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Comparable Sign

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  • An abnormal movement that most reproduces the patient’s chief complaint.
  • -Benchmark for reassessment.
  • -Serves as a guide to manage treatment.
  • Joint sign - abnormal movement that may or may not be related to the patient’s chief complaint.
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Assessment - What do I look for?

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  • Comparable sign (reproduction of S&S)
  • Quality (willingness to move, smoothness)
  • Quantity
  • Behavior and location of movement barriers
  • End-feel
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Movement Barriers (3)

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Pain 
-P1 - Onset of pain or pain begins to increase
-P2 - Pain limits (L) further movement
Resistance 
-R1 - Onset of resistance
-R2 - Resistance limits (L) further movement
Spasm 
-S1 - Onset of spasm
-S2 - Spasm limits (L) further movement
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Movement Diagram

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  • Starting point of movement (often neutral)
  • Expected normal amount of motion
  • Amount of pain, resistance, or spasm that limits further motion (P2, R2, S2)
  • Observed limitation of ROM (by P2, R2, S2)
  • Full range for a hyper-mobile joint
  • Note: Many possibilities exist for the behavior of pain and resistance (i.e. shapes of the curves and locations of the barriers (P1, P2, R1, R2, S1, S2))
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Continual Assessment

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Initial 
-Baseline
-Hypothesis generation
Ongoing, re-assessment
-Before, during, and after a technique
-Start and end of each treatment session
Reflective
-Looking back over several sessions
-Comparison with patient perspective
Analytical 
-Accept, reject, modify initial hypothesis
-Modes of thinking (discussed later)
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Graded Oscillatory Movements

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For pain (neuro-physiological effects)
-Grade I
--Small amplitude, short of pain barriers
--Just enough to bend the legs of a fly
-Grade II
-Larger amplitude, short of pain barriers
For stiffness
-Grade III
--Larger amplitude, into barriers
--May specify III- or III+
-Grade IV
--Smaller amplitude, into barriers (or end range)
--May specify IV- or IV+
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Accessory (PAIVMs) Techniques - Therapist’s Hands

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  • Thumbs (tips or pads)
  • Thumb on thumb
  • Pisiform-hamate
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Technique Basics

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  • Patient and therapist comfortable (relaxed)
  • Posture and line of force
  • Hands - soft
  • Arms - relaxed, stiff springs
  • Force - from body (not hands or arms)
  • Take up soft tissue slack
  • 2-3 oscillations of increasing depth (assessment)
  • -Too deep: crashes through barriers (miss them)
  • -Too fast: just feels like shaking
  • -Too slow: will not appreciate motion
  • -Approximately 1-3 cycles/second