Maitland Flashcards
Introduction
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)
Maitland Key Concepts
Reproducible Signs and Symptoms Graded Oscillatory Movements Commitment to the Patient Skilled Communication Clinical Reasoning Manual Therapy Assessment
Geoff D. Maitland
(1924-2010)
- Australian physiotherapist
- Vertebral Manipulation (book 1964, 2014 - 8th edition)
- Peripheral Manipulation (book 1970, 2013 - 5th edition)
- lateral thinker
Commitment to the Patient
- Non-judgmental (believe the patient)
- Learn the patient’s plight
- Compassion
- Humility
Skilled Communication
- Misunderstandings are common
- Really listen (don’t just hear) - Verbal and Non-verbal (tone, body language, eye-contact)
- Clarify
- Effective questioning
Communication Guidelines
- 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)
Treatment Philosophy
- 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)
Manual Therapy Approaches
Pain Approaches -Maitland -McKenzie -Mulligan Biomechanical Approaches -Norwegian (Kaltenborn and Evjenth) -Paris -Osteopathic -Grimsby
Active ROM, with Overpressure prn
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)
Passive Physiological (PPIVMs)
- Passive Physiological Inter0vertebral Movements
- FB, BB, SB R/L, and rotation R/L
- Used to assess and treat
Accessory (PAIVMs)
- Passive Accessory Inter-Vertebral Movements
- CPA, UPA, Transverse, and UAP
- Used to assess and treat
Accessory (PAIVMs) - Specific Techniques
- 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
PAVIMs - Variations
- 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)
Assessment - What is it?
- 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
Comparable Sign
- 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.