Therapy Ed info Flashcards
Joint protection basics
Use largest/ strongest joints and avoid positions of deformity
Pediatric intervention for burns; basic goals
Active ROM, good use of hands, and self care skills
Allen cognitive levels; basic intervention focus
What kind of environmental or structural cues are needed to engage client in task completion?
Dressing vs. undressing
- Dressing: dress affected side first
- undressing: undress unaffected side first
Individuals with negative symptoms (low attention, low affect, etc.)
Need structure and concrete goals and expectations
Manual Muscle Testing grades 0-1
None: 0; No visible or palpable contraction
Trace: 1; Visible or palpable contraction (No ROM)
Manual Muscle Testing grade 2
Poor-: 2-; Partial ROM, gravity eliminated
Poor: 2; Full ROM, gravity eliminated
Poor+: 2+; Gravity eliminated/slight resistance or < 1/2 range against gravity
Manual Muscle Testing grade 3
Fair- : 3-; > 1/2 but < Full ROM, against gravity
Fair: 3; Full ROM against gravity
Fair+: 3+; Full ROM against gravity, slight resistance
Manual Muscle Testing grade 4
Good-: 4-; Full ROM against gravity, mild resistance
Good: 4; Full ROM against gravity, moderate resistance
Good+: 4+; Full ROM against gravity, almost full resistance
Manual Muscle Testing grade 5
Normal, maximal resistance
Retrograde vs anterograde amnesia
- Retrograde: common in TBI; loss of one’s personal past after trauma, memory often recovers
- Anterograde: Past memory intact, difficulty transferring STM to LTM; cannot recall present events
Steps of program development
- Pre-planning/ exploration
- Needs assessment
- Program description/ planning
- Program implementation
- Program evaluation
- Sustainability plan
- Dissemination plan
Stages of mobility development
- Crawling: 7-9 months
- Creeping: 9-11 months
- Cruising: 9-13 months
- Walking: 12-13 months
