Neuromuscular 2 Unit 1 Flashcards
IV STEP’s Four P’s
What is Prevention?
Prevent the onset of disease (or disability) to stop its progress and minimize consequences
IV STEP’s Four P’s
What is Prediction?
Optimal response to intervention choice is fundamental to effective practice; begins with meaningful system diagnosis and measurement
- Task Analysis
IV STEP’s Four P’s
What is Plasticity?
Capacity of cerebral neurons and neural circuits to change structrally and functionally in response to experience
- In other words, capacity for CNS to change
IV STEP’s Four P’s
What is Participation?
“Involvement of people in all areas of life or the functioning of a person as a member of society. Participation restrictions are problems an individual may experience in involvement in life situations” - WHO ICF framework
- Quality of Life
With Neuro, what is the Goal of Physical Therapy?
Improve motor function and muscle performance
What are the 3 different Intervention Categories to improve Motor Function?
- Restorative Interventions
- Impairment-specific and Augmented Interventions
- Compensatory Interventions
Interventions to improve Motor Function
What is Restorative Interventions?
Restorative Interventions focus on targeted movement deficiencies and are using activity-based interventions and motor learning strategies to work to improve motor function. Also implementing elements of neuroplasticity principles
Which Neuro Conditions would benefit from Restorative Interventions?
- Stroke, Incomplete SCI, TBI, GBS, RRMS
What are the 3 basic elements of Restorative Interventions?
- Repeatitive and intense practice of the task
- Strategies that enhance active motor learing and motivation or adherence-enhancing behaviors
- Strategies that encourage use of the more imparied body segments or segments, while trying to limit or restrict use of the less-impaired body segment
With Restorative Interventions, what are 3 elements of Activty-Based Intervention?
- Resolve or minimize impairments as well as prevent secondary impairments
- Apply effective task-specific strategies to the re-training of functional activities
- Adapt strategies to changing task and environmental conditions
Restorative Interventiosn: Motor Learning strategies
What are the 3 stages of Motor Learning?
- Cognitive
- Associative
- Automous
Restorative Interventiosn: Motor Learning strategies
What is the difference between Intrinsic and Augmented (Extrinsic) feedback?
Intrinsic feedback includes: Visual, Auditory, Proprioceptive, Vestibular, and Tactile
Augmented feedback includes: Knowledge of performance and knowledge of results
Restorative Interventiosn: Motor Learning strategies
With Augmented Feedback, what does Knowledge of results (KR) mean?
- Terminal feedback about the movement outcome
- This is provided by an instructor or clinician
–Usually verbal
–Can be visual or auditory
Restorative Interventiosn: Motor Learning strategies
With Augmented Feedback, what does Knowledge of Performance (KP) mean?
- This is information about the pattern of a movement
–Kinematic feedback: speed, velocity, displacement
–Kinetic or EMG feedback if equipment: force and muscle activity
–Quality of movement: no reference to goal or outcome
Restorative Interventiosn: Motor Learning strategies
What is Summary Feedback?
Feedback after a set number of trials
Restorative Interventiosn: Motor Learning strategies
What is Faded Feedback?
Feedback given less frequent with ongoing practice
Restorative Interventiosn: Motor Learning strategies
What is Bandwidth Feedback?
Feedback given if performance falls outside a predetermined error range
Restorative Interventiosn: Motor Learning strategies
In Practice Progression, What is Massed vs. Distributed progression?
Masses: has more practice time vs rest time
Distributed: has more rest time vs practice time
This depends on the patient, either can be chosen, however usually progressed TO massed in the autonomous stage
Restorative Interventiosn: Motor Learning strategies
In Practice Progression, What is the difference between Constant vs. Variable practice?
Constant: Task is practiced in the same way with no variety; This is better for performance
Variable: Task is practiced in variable conditions and parameters; This is better for learning
Restorative Interventiosn: Motor Learning strategies
In Practice Progression, What is the difference between Blocked vs. Random practice?
Blocked: 1 task repeated throughout whole practice time; This promotes performance
Random: A variety of task are practiced during practice time in random order; This promotes learning
What are Augmented Interventions?
These interventions include aspects of guided movement. These movements are guided or facilitated to try to promote some voluntary control and help jump start the recovery or promote positive neuroplastic changes by maybe incorporating a more involved body segment
What are some examples of Augmented Interventions?
It inlcudes general neuomuscular facilitation, PNF, Neurodevelopment Treatment (NDT), Bobath, NeuroIFRAH, etc.
Who would benefit from the use of Augmented Interventions?
- Patients early in recovery
- Patients with limited voluntary movement
Why would you use Augmented Interventions?
These interventions can help bridge the gap between absent or severely disordered movements and more active and controlled movements. Once the patient develops more adequate voluntary control these interventions are generally conterproductive and should be discontinued
When is Augmented Approach Indicated and Contraindicated?
Indicated
- Lack of voluntary movement
- Demonstrates insufficient motor recovery
- Difficulty initiating or sustaining movement
Contraindicated
- Demonstrates sufficient active movement control
What are Compensatory Interventions?
This involves the resumption of function using less involved body segment(s)
Compensatory Interventiosn
What are alternative ways to accomplish tasks?
- Substitution
- Adaptation
(Not really an alternative way), we also use AD to accomplish different forms of movement
With Compensatory Interventions, what is Substitution?
Substitutions are going to be changes that are made to the individual’s overall approach to a functional task
Ex. a pt has a Right CVA, L Hemiparesis is taught to do all there dressing tasks with their R UE as opposed to using both UE
With Compensatory Interventions, what is Adaptation?
Adaptation is going to be the modification of the environment to facilitate the relearning of skills or the performance of movement and to optimize motor performance
Augmented Interventions (Neuromotor Approaches)
Augmented Interventions are Indicated to those patients who:
- Lack voluntary movement control
- Demonstrate insufficient motor recovery
- Have difficulty initiating or sustaining movement
Augmented Interventions (Neuromotor Approaches)
When are Augmented Interventions Contraindicated?
When the patient demonstrates sufficient active movement control => activity based/task oriented approaches emphasizing active motor control
Intro to NDT Augmented Interventions
NDT was designed to emphasize what?
NDT was designed to emphasize inhibition of abnormal reflexes and abnormal tone prior to focusing on function
Neuro-developmental treatment (NDT) is a hands-on therapy that helps people with neurological challenges improve their movement and function
Intro to NDT Augmented Interventions
What are Indications of using NDT?
- Poor grading of muscle activity
- Muscle Imbalance
- Motor Fatiguability
- Spasticity
- Incorrect initiation of movement
- Incorrect timing and sequencing
When should you not use NDT?
Pt has sufficient motor control to create effective movement
Intro to NDT Augmented Interventions
With NDT, what are 5 body segment that offer key points of control for postural control and movement?
- Head and Neck
- Upper Trunk
- Lower Trunk
- UE
- LE
Intro to NDT Augmented Interventions
With NDT, what is the order in helping a patient progress to produce movement?
- Stability => Mobility => Manipulate
Intro to NDT Augmented Interventions
What is the difference between Facilitation and Inhibition?
Facilitation: to make easier
Inhibition: to prevent or hinder movement
Intro to NDT Augmented Interventions
What are the Goals of NDT Treatment?
- Works in the framework of stability to mobility
- Optimal Alignment for functional tasks
- WB of extremities to maintain alignment
- Use of both sides of body to create normal sensorimotor experience
- Active participation
- Repetition and Practice
Overall goal is to utilize hands to facilitate normal
movement and inhibit abnormal movement
With NDT, where should you start?
Create proximal stability and then add distal mobility
- Always start at the Lower Trunk
Augmented Interventions PNF
What is PNF Technique?
This is utilized during movement in order to enhance movement facilitation
Augmented Interventions PNF
What is PNF Pattern?
A movement in one plane of motion that a joint/extremity is taken or resisted through
Augmented Interventions PNF
What PNF Diagnal?
A movement in two planes of motion that a joint/extremity is taken or resisted through
Augmented Interventions PNF
What is Irradiation?
Transfer of activaion from agonist to another agonist
If an individual is to perform a supine to sit, activation of the trunk flexors may predispose activation of the hip flexors
Augmented Interventions PNF
What is Successive Induction?
Transfer of activation from agonist to antagonist
Ex. if we strengthen the biceps during elbow flexion that this path would be carried over to the antagonist direction and would in turn strengthen/activate the tricep during elbow extension
PNF Techniques
WHat does Rhythmic Initiation promote?
Promotes new movement, re-establishes directions
PNF techniques almost always start with this technique
This technique may be revisited if an individual has trouble with a pattern or feels fatigued
PNF Techniques
What does Combination of Isotonics promote?
Promotes movement control
This can be delivered in either strengthening or neuromuscular reeducation types
PFN Techniques
What does Rhythmic Stabilization/Stabilizing Reversals promote?
Promotes stability
The goal is for the patient to remain stable in response to an outside stimulus
PNF Technique
What does Dynamic Reversals promote?
Promotes coordination of movement
This requires more than 1 plane of movement to be conducted
PNF Techniques
What does Repeated Quick Stretch promote?
- Strengthen within the movement
- Reaffirms correct pattern/diagonal
This is used to provide proprioceptive cueing to increase the resistance of a movement, can also be used to redirect patients to the correct pattern or diagonal
PNF Technique
What does Hold/Contract Relax promote?
Promotes increased passive ROM
PNF Patterns
What are the different Scapular and Pelvic Patterns?
- Anterior Elevation
- Posterior Depression
- Anterior Depression
- Posterior Elevation
These are all in one place of motion
PNF Patterns
What are the different UE and LE patterns?
- D1 Flexion and Extension
- D2 Flexion and Extension
PFN Patterns
What are the different Trunk Patterns?
- Lift
- Chop
PFN Diagonals
What are the different Scapular and Pelvic Diagonals?
- Anterior Elevation and Posterior Depression
- Anterior Depression and Posterior Elevation
Its both parts of a pattern
Which PNF “Techniques” would only warrant a pattern?
- Combination of Isotonics
- Hold/Relax
Which PFN “Techniques” would only warrant a Diagonal?
- Dynamic Reversals
Augmented Interventions PNF
What are PNF Barriers?
- Cognition
- Strength
- Assistance Level
- Subluxation (for joint traction)
- Behavior
What are the 3 Principles of Neuroplasticity that are imprortant for Neuro patients?