KNES 377 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Plyometrics, Weight-Bearing, Proprioception
4 Sep 2016
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Patient, family/parents, physician, rehab clinicians (maintain communication), additional personnel, additional members. Responsibility to yourself, profession of rehab, employer, and patient. Must act in a consistent, professional manner including following ethical and legal guidelines: liability. Failing to act in a professional manner: responsibility for actions taken or advice given to patient: negligence. Failing to act in a professional manner: carelessness. Patient consent: most applicable to manual therapy and touch (palpation): however, very applicable also when a patient is unwilling to do a proposed exercise or course of rehab. Four phases of rehabilitation: phase 1: inactive phase, immobilized a. i. Period of time immediately following injury or surgery during which is movement is affected because of pain, swelling, muscle spasm, or clinical immobilization. a. ii. Goal: control negative effects of injury, minimize secondary injuries, and encourage a positive atmosphere or environment for rehab: therapeutic objectives b. i. Teach proper ambulation techniques and adls if necessary. b. ii. Minimize loss of strength and slow atrophy. b. iv.
