PT 5101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Orthostatic Hypotension, Audio Feedback, Weight-Bearing

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Physical Therapy
• Course: PT 5101
• Professor: Hickey Mary

Document Summary

Gait cycle: time interval or sequence of motions occurring between two consecutive initial contacts of the same foot. Stance phase: closed kinetic chain (foot stationary, trunk, hip, knee, leg moving) Swing phase: open kinetic chain (foot moving, not on ground) Terminal swing, deceleration: hardest part: controlling leg, eccentrics involved with timing. Indications for use of an assistive device (ad: decreased ability to weight bear on the joint. Can come from doctor or own assessment: muscle weakness or paralysis. Have to have good concentric and eccentric. Good quads, glutes, calves, major muscle groups of lower extremity: inadequate balance. Open up boc and make you more stable: decreased aerobic capacity. D(cid:734)(cid:724)(cid:738)(cid:733)"(cid:739) ha(cid:741)(cid:724) (cid:724)(cid:733)(cid:723)(cid:740)(cid:737)a(cid:733)(cid:722)(cid:724) (cid:739)(cid:734) (cid:742)a(cid:731)(cid:730) give device: increase cardiac output: use more energy. First assess to see what they need, then teach, then demonstrate: demonstration visual feedback, verbal description audio feedback, physical prompting sensory feedback. As patient gets better, withdraw physical, then audio, then physical. Patient security: strong enough, cognitive ability.