Summer lectures Flashcards
Goal of therapeutic exercises
- achievement of symptom-free movement and function
- carefully graded stresses and forces applied to body
- applied in controlled,progressive and appropriately planned manner
Prognosis
- a prediction of the patient’s optimal level of function expected at the end treatment
- anticipated length of time needed to reach the specified functional outcome
factors that influence prognosis
-complexity, severity,acuity or chronicity of problem
-general health
-patient goals
Patient’s motivation
- safety issues
- extent of support
3 types of motor tasks
- discrete task
- serial Task
- continuous task
Discrete task
movement with a recognizable beginning and end
Ex: doing a push up, lifting a weight
Serial task
-composed of a series of discrete tasks combined in a particular sequence
Ex: eating with a fork = appropriate grasp, proper positioning, scoop up food, move fork to mouth
Continuous task
repetitive, uninterrupted movements with no distinctive beginning or end
Ex: cycling, walking up and down stairs
stages of motor learning
cognitive stage
associative stage
autonomous stage
Cognitive stage of motor learning
requires a great deal of thinking
- patient thinks about sequence or each component
- errors in performance common
- Pt easily distractible
- requires a lot of feedback
associative stage of motor learning
- patient makes infrequent errors
- concentrates on fine-tuning the motor task
- patient tries to become more efficient and consistent
- use of problem solving skills
- modifies activities depending on environment
- decrease in need for feedback
autonomous tsage of motor learning
- movements are automatic
- patient can do multiple tasks at once
- easily adapts to variations in task demand
- very little feedback or instruction requires
- patients often discharged before this stage…
What affects ROM?
structure of joint
integrity of tissue
flexibility of soft tissue
Joint range
amount of motion usually measured in degrees that can occur at a joint, the junction between two bones
muscle Range
Functional excursion of a muscle or the distance a muscle can shorten from full elongation
active vs. passive insufficiency
relates to multi joint muscles
- active: no power because too short
- passive: no power because too long
What are the 3 types of ROM?
- passive
- active
- active-assistive A-AROM
why do PROM?
acute inflamed tissue where soft tissue is too weak coma paralysis complete bed rest
Why do AROM?
patient has enough muscle strength to go through available range
aerobic condition
maintain mobility above and below immobilized region
Why so A-AROM?
when the muscles are too weak to make it through the full range
attempts to achieve the same goals as AROM
Limitations of PROM
will not prevent muscle atrophy
will not increase strength or endurance
will not assist circulation as much as AROM
Limitation of AROM
for strong muscles, it will not increase strength or maintain strength
limited development of skill or coordination
General guidelines for Continuous Passive motion CPM
- can be applied after surgery
- establish available ranges
- start with low arc 20-30 degrees
- increase arc 10-15 degrees per day as tolerated
- rate of 1 cycle per 45 sec or per 2 min depending on patient tolerance
- Duration: 24 hours or 1 hour 3x/day
- initiate muscle setting and AAROM during off times from CPM
- usually used for less than 1 week
which form of range of motion testing gives you more precise information about joint mobility as compared to muscle pathology?
PROM
AROM,A-AROM, and resistive range of motion all involve the use of contractile tissue.
in normal function, muscles must be able to:
Produce
sustain
regulate muscle tension
Muscle strength
ability of contractile tissue to produce tension and a resultant force based on the demands placed upon the muscle
muscle power
related to strength and speed of movement
muscle endurance
ability of a muscle to contract repeatedly against a load, generate and sustain tension
how would you increase strength?
systematic approach use muscle groups to lift/ lower, control heavy loads -low reps -short duration -no more than 10 reps -minimum of 66% of 1RM - recovery time 1 min for isotonic and isometric ---2-4 min for isokinetic
How to increase power?
- muscle strength needs to be available already
- increase work performed over a specific period of time
- or reduce the period of time the worj is done in (pIyometrics)
How to increase endurance?
muscle endurance- ability to repeatedly contract against load, sustain tension and resist fatigue
- important for postural control
- low load
- high reps 20-50 for 2-3 sets
- prolonged duration
SAID principle
Specific Adaptation to imposed Demands
- extension of Wolff’s law
- helps therapist determine exercise prescription
- helps therapist to best meet functional goals and needs
Concentric vs eccentric
concentric: requires more O2, more energy, more motor units. less mechanical efficiency. increase velocity , force decrease
eccentric: less O2, less energy required, less motor units, more mechanically efficient. increase velocity–> initial increase in force production, then levels off