Physical Rehabilitation for FND Flashcards

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How does the ICD11 classification of FND differ from the DSM?

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DSM = Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder

ICD11 = Dissociative Neurological Symptom Disorder

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What are functional neurological symptoms?

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▪️Neuro symptoms (e.g. motor, sensory)
▪️Experienced as involuntary
▪️Altered functioning of networks, NOT structural damage

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What is PPPD?

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Persistent perceptual postural dizziness

(functional dizziness)

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What are the five core categories of functional neurological symptoms?

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▪️Motor
▪️Sensory
▪️Functional seizures
▪️Cognitive symptoms
▪️PPPD

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What are the most commonly described secondary physical symptoms in FND?

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▪️Chronic pain
▪️Fatigue

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What are some of the most commonly described psychological symptoms in FND?

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▪️Anxiety
▪️Depression
▪️Depersonalisation and dissociation
▪️PTSD
▪️Interpersonal difficulties

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What are the main typical presentations of functional motor disorder?

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▪️Weakness/paralysis
▪️Tremor
▪️Gait disturbance
▪️Jerks
▪️Dystonia

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How does weakness in FMD usually differ from in stroke?

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Patients more commonly show hypertonia

(compared to hypotonic in stroke)

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What signs might indicate a tremor is functional?

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▪️Variation in speed and symmetry
▪️Can change with distraction
▪️Entrainable

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What signs might indicate a gait disturbance is functional?

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▪️Distraction may alter it (e.g. turning around)
▪️Monoplegic dragging gait

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What is propriospinal myoclonus?

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Movement disorder characterised by repetitive, irregular jerks originating from middle of spine

Often functional and in the context of back pain

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What are the main signs of functional dystonia?

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▪️Fixed (e.g. inversion at ankle)
▪️Overlap with complex regional pain syndrome
▪️Asymmetric development
▪️Often precipitated by injury such as sprained ankle

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What presentation of FMD is the hardest to treat and has the worst prognosis?

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Dystonia

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What is the general prognosis for FMD?

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▪️~80% stay symptomatic
▪️Higher than expected mortality (~11%)

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Why might FMD be associated with an increased risk of premature death?

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Lifestyle factors (e.g. sedentary and dependent on wheelchair, cardiovascular disease)

Other associated secondary factors

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What is the biopsychosocial understanding of FMD?

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Disorder of sensorimotor processing (predictive processing)

Top-down expectations distort bottom up somatosensory experiences

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Top-down ______________ distort bottom-up _____________________

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▪️Expectations
▪️Somatosensory experiences

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What facilitates the disruption between expectation and somatosensory experience?

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Excessive attention directed towards the body

Hence they can be distracted and redirected

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Biological, psychological, and social events can act as…

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▪️Risk factors
▪️Triggering factors
▪️Maintaining factors

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20
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What is the gold standard for FND management?

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Multidisciplinary care

21
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What are the main barriers to FND care?

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▪️Misdiagnosis is common
▪️Only ~30 specialist services in UK

22
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What are the 6 main components of physical rehabilitation for FND?

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▪️Education
▪️Movement retaining
▪️Addressing secondary problems (e.g. pain, fatigue)
▪️Self-management
▪️Vocational rehab
▪️Follow-up

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What are some of the main targets for physical rehabilitation?

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▪️Retraining attention
▪️Change expectations and illness beliefs
▪️Address fears of falling
▪️Improve pain management
▪️Address soft tissue problems
▪️Improve physical fitness
▪️Psychosocial benefits of activity
▪️Change maladaptive behaviours

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What is the first key step to FND treatment?

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Education!

▪️Acknowledge and explain the problem
▪️Explain how diagnosis was made
▪️Explain how attention drives it
▪️Discuss risk factors
▪️Explain how treatment works
▪️Language is key!

25
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What can movement and posture retraining be used for?

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Addressing maladaptive habitual postures

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How might maladaptive habitual postures arise?

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▪️Schema of body changes when sat in a position for a long tiken
▪️May lose insight and believe they’re say normally if eyes are closed

27
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What approach is usually taken with movement retraining?

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Sequential motor learning

E.g. help one element of walking then another, building up

28
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What techniques can be used for movement retraining?

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▪️Sequential motor learning
▪️Get them to think about moving differently to direct focus of motor attention
▪️Mirror feedback

29
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How does mirror feedback work for movement retraining?

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Redirects attention from the internal self into the external self/environment

30
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What percentage of FMD cases show improvement with movement retraining?

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40%

31
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What is self-management?

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Tasks one must undertake to live with their condition (e.g. medical, emotional etc.)

32
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What can be used to help with self-management of FND?

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Rehabilitation workbooks

▪️Info on FMD
▪️Reflections from treatment
▪️Management strategies
▪️Plans for managing difficult days
▪️Chart progress
▪️Future goals

33
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Why mignt TMS show benefit alongside treatment for FND?

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Placebo

34
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What can be used alongside regular management strategies?

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▪️Management of other symptoms e.g. pain, fatigue
▪️EMG biofeedback
▪️Therapeutic sedation
▪️TMS
▪️Hypnosis
▪️Group interventions

35
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What is the evidence for treatment adjuncts for FND?

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Very little

36
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What should you avoid with FND treatment?

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▪️Passive treatments
▪️Adaptive aids
▪️Focus on impairments
▪️Neglecting secondary factors (e.g. fatigue, pain)

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What should be encouraged during FND treatment?

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▪️Focus on activities
▪️Redirection of attention
▪️Maximum independence
▪️Family involvement
▪️Maintenance and relapse prevention plans

38
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Why should splints and aids generally be avoided?

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▪️Can affect illness beliefs and movement patterns.
▪️Can cause secondary sources of pain.
▪️Can draw more attention to an area - symptoms exacerbation and maintenance!

39
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What should you do if aids are not avoidable?

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▪️Involve patient in decision making and document it
▪️Ideally maintain thought that this is a temporary solution
▪️Keep the opportunity for patients to move without it

40
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Should casting me used in fixed dystonia?

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Not really - immobilisation can be very harmful, maintaining illness belief so should be avoided

41
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According to a large systematic review of physiotherapy for FND, what are it’s main outcomes?

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▪️55-70% ‘good’
▪️Moderate to large effect
▪️Some loss of effects but benefits largely sustained 1-2 years later (unclear after that)
▪️Little change for mental health

42
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What were the main findings of Czarnecki’s 2012 evaluation of a 5-day intensive OT and PT treatment?

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▪️69% rated markedly improved
▪️60% at follow up

43
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What are the main limitations of the evidence for physical rehabilitation in FND?

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▪️Most selected for treatments are less severe - exclusion of those with dominant pain, fatigue or psychiatric comorbidity)
▪️Unclear how long benefits stay
▪️Unclear data on return to work

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What did Jordbru (2014) find in their study of a 3 week inpatient rehab for functional gait?

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▪️Physical activity combined with educational and cognitive behavioural frame
▪️Significant difference in functional mobility
▪️Benefit sustained at 12 month follow up

45
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In Nielsen’s feasibility study of PT in FMD, how many showed improvement of some kind?

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71% in intervention compared to 19% in control

46
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In Nielsen’s feasibility study of PT in FMD, what domains of the SF 36 show most improvement?

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▪️Physical function
▪️Physical role
▪️Social function

47
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In Nielsen’s feasibility study of PT in FMD, what domains of the SF 36 did NOT show change?

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▪️Bodily pain
▪️General health
▪️Mental health (as well as HADS)
▪️Vitality
▪️Emotional role

48
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How do physical interventions appear to effect illness perception and threat value?

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Improves it as they are attending less to the problem/body part

(decreased threat value)

49
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What are the three main goals of physical rehabilitation in FND?

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▪️Education (beliefs and expectations)
▪️Movement retraining with redirection of attention
▪️Teaching self management strategies