NMT

Question 1

Spasm is ____ of m
___ or ______ of involved Mm
ID by ______ cannot be terminated by ______

Answer 1

Involuntary contrax
W/ or w/o shortening
Motor unit potentials can’t via vol. relax

Question 2

Mm cramp caused by ____

Clonus is ____ with ____ pattern

Answer 2

ion imbalance or Mm overload

Spasticity w/ cont. + rhymic pattern

Question 3

NMT direct or indirectly affect ____

Answer 3

Neurological mechanism (golgi tendon/Mm spindle)
MSK function (sustained passive stretch to inhibit Mm spindle)

Question 4

NMT tech Indic

Answer 4

Decr. Mm spasm/tone
If direct Tx to Mm too (P)
Tight not wanting to stretch

Question 5

NMT CI

Answer 5

Local (P) conditions, esp effect tendon
Hypotonic Mm
Fragile tissue
CT pathology
Skin Lesion
Unhealed scars

Question 6

NMT Principle

Answer 6

Assess Mm functional length: AROM, PROM
Tissue warm pre-application
Apply tec. w/ Mm in short position
Tx w/i (P) tolerance

Question 7

Area of Mm with greatest GTO concentration

GTOR holds for _____ in direction ____

Tech for Mm spindle in belly of Mm

O+I vs GTOR

Answer 7

Where tendon attaches to osseus

Min of 30s or until Mm relax

Away from belly of Mm

Mm approx

Tendon is short and can’t be bowed