Rehabilitation of Musculoskeletal Injuries Course 4

Learning Objectives

1. Explain why slow-twitch fibers are used for endurance activities and fast-twitch fibers are used more in explosive power activities.
2. Identify Lombard’s paradox and explain why it is useful in an activity such as getting up from a chair.
3. Explain why a muscle’s length-tension relationship changes throughout its range of motion.
4. Identify the various types of dynamic activity.
5. Discuss the differences between open and closed kinetic chain activity.
6. Explain what position a muscle working against gravity must be in to provide the maximum resistance against the patient.
7. Explain why a muscle can provide more force during an eccentric contraction than during a concentric contraction and explain how to use this concept with a patient who has less than grade 3 strength.
8. Describe the two main approaches clinicians use to determine how long a patient may rest between strength exercise sets.
9. List the locations of afferent receptors involved in proprioception.
10. Identify the CNS sites that relay proprioceptive information to the motor system.
11. Discuss the elements of proprioception.
12. Identify the systems that control balance.
13. Describe the neural processes involved in developing coordination.
14. Describe a progression of proprioceptive exercises for the lower or upper quarter.
15. List three considerations for plyometric program execution.
16. Outline a progression of four plyometric exercises for either a lower- or an upper-extremity program.
17. Explain the difference between functional exercise and performance-specific exercise.
18. Identify the contributions of functional and performance-specific exercise to a rehabilitation program.
19. Discuss the differences between basic and advanced functional activities.
20. Discuss considerations for implementing a plyometric program.
21. List factors that can be varied in a progression of functional and performance-specific activities.
22. Identify precautions for functional and performance-specific exercises.
23. Identify the qualities a rehabilitation clinician should have in order to provide patients with a successful rehabilitation program.
24. Explain why examination and assessment are important parts of a rehabilitation program.
25. Identify the four phases of a rehabilitation program, and briefly describe what is included in each phase.
26. Discuss the types of interventions that are usually included in each of the rehabilitation exercise phases.