Parkinson's Disease Interventions Flashcards
what are the general intervention goals for early stages of PD (H&Y 1-2)?
- Promotion of active lifestyle
- encouragement of continued engagement in home, work, and leisure activities
- initiation and monitoring of exercise program
- CV training
- strengthening
- balance stretching
- Dual-task activities, complex motor tasks
what are the general intervention goals for middle stages of PD (H&Y 3-4)?
- Promotion of active lifestyle
- continued engagement in home, work, and leisure activities
- mod of tasks and/or environment when appropriate to optimize participation
- continued monitoring of exercise program
- encourage participation in activities and exercises during “ON” times
- Initiate strategy training/cueing strategies w/increased focus on cog movement strategies
- Fall reduction interventions and edu
what are the general intervention goals for late stages of PD (H&Y 5)?
- Caregiver edu and training
- Assistance training
- cuing training
- optimize sitting posture and tolerance
- skin breakdown prevention and edu
- risk reduction for postural abnormalities and contractures
- Implementation of exercise program w/caregiver involvement (PROM and AROM)
- main focus = prevent contractures
- secondary focus = strengthening
T/F: the OFF times for PD get longer as the disease progresses
TRUE
how does cueing with PD pts work?
use of attentional cues
- can we override the loss of BG input to the SMA/PMC by using other systems in our brain?
- Frontal-Cortical control via premotor cortex
describe when the cardinal symptom of bradykinesia is seen in PD pts
- seen with initiation, execution and stoppage of tasks
- Common presentations in gait (temporal):
- gait speed
- arm swing
- step duration
- DLS duration
- Focus on increasing speed with these pts
describe when hypokinesia is seen in PD pts
- seen with initation, execution, and stoppage of tasks
- Common presentations in gait (spatial)
- arm swing
- trunk rotation
- step length
- step height
- weight shifting
- base of support
- Focus on
how is edu important relating to increasing gait speed and amplitude of movements in PD pts?
increasing speed and/or amplitude may feel TOO big to the pt, when in fact the now correted speed and amplitude is appropriate. They need to learn this
T/F: STM will help reduce rigidity in PD pts
FALSE
similar to spasitcity, there is nothing PT can do to fix rigidity
medications like levadopa may be given and surgical procedure such as DBS may help some
describe secondary managment of rigidity in PD pts
- Contracture prevention and management
- sig more at risk than w/spasticity
- stretching program crucial
- positioning crucial
- sig more at risk than w/spasticity
- Joint integrity maintenance
- joint mobilizations
- Skin integrity considerations
how is each aspect of postural stability impacted by PD?
- Acheiving balance
- difficulties with self-initated movements
- reduced anticipatory postural adjustments and control
- Maintaining balance
- smaller functional limits of stability
- midline disorientation
- Restoring balance
- abnormal and inflexible postural responses
- abnormal patterns of coactivation
which aspect of postural stability is most impacted by PD?
restoring balance
how can we help remediate midline disorientation in PD pts?
- encouragement of forward weight shift over balls of feet/toes
- activities on wedges
- rocker board activities
- forward displacement of COG over BOS (ex reaching)
- walking on tip toes
- encourage flexor moment at hips, knees, ankles
what are some compensation strategies for midline disorientation in PD pts?
- heel wedges
- activity modifications
- ex → stand to side of kitchen appliances when opening, intead of directly in front
- ex → “power stance” when opening a door
- AD considerations/modifications
when is breakdown in complex motor tasks in PD pts most noticable?
- sequential movements
- transitioning between movements