TI For Motor Control - Mobility (2) Flashcards
What is the overall goal in training mobility?
Mastering degrees of freedome
What do neuromuscular disorders do?
Disrupt motor control for movement
What are the types of impairments?
Positive and negative
What is a positive impairment?
Seeing too much of something that should not be there
What is a negative impairment?
Loss of normal activity (too little)
What are the 3 primary movement issues?
Activation and sequencing problems
Timing problems
Scaling problems
What are examples of activation and sequencing problems?
Abnormal synergies
Co-activation (firing of antagonist when it is unwanted)
Impaired inter joint coordination (robot like motion)
What are timing problems?
Reaction time
Movement time
Termination time
What are scaling problems?
Dysmetria (overshooting)
What is the most common synergy patterns affected with a stroke?
Flexion synergy for UE
Extension synergy for LE
What are problems present in a TBI?
Muscle activation, sequencing, and timing
What are common symptoms present in Parkinson’s?
Rigidity, bradykinesia, tremor, postural instability, and hypometria
What do people have problems with in Parkinson’s?
Initiation and termination
What are some preparatory interventions for treating mobility?
PNF, NDT
Constraint induced movement therapy
NMES
Technology (robotics and VR)
What are some easier things to work on when doing mobility interventions?
Single joint
Midrange tasks (rather than beginning or end range)
