managing MSDs

Question 1

goals of tx

Answer 1

1. restore
2. compensate
3. adjust

Question 2

factors that influence decision making

Answer 2

• Medical Prognosis
• impairment, Limitation, and Restrictions
• Environment and Communication Partners
• Motivation and Needs
• Associated Problems
• Healthcare System

Question 3

tx duration/intensity

Answer 3

• Course of the disease
• Severity of deficits
• Specific goals of management
• Prognosis
• Motivation
• Communication needs
• Resources
• Healthcare coverage

Question 4

approaches

Answer 4

• Medical: Pharmacological, Surgical
• Prosthetic
• Behavioral: Speech-oriented, Communication-oriented

Question 5

AAC

Answer 5

• gestures
• symbols
• aids

Question 6

principles of motor learning

Answer 6

• Large number of trials
• Distributed practice
• Variable practice
• Random practice
• Complex practice

Question 7

neuroplasticity

Answer 7

• Undamaged CNS areas must assume function
• Changes supporting recovery are similar to those underlying learning in typical brains
• Compensatory behaviors develop that induce brain changes
• May be adaptive and improve function
• May be maladaptive
  e.g., development of seizures
• Role of some changes remains controversial
  e.g., R hemisphere taking over language functions after L hemisphere damage
• Using the brain (experience) induces recovery

Question 8

session organization

Answer 8

• Frequency
• Task ordering
• Error rates
• Fatigue
• Individual vs. Group

Question 9

principles of exercise-dependent neuroplasticity

Answer 9

• Use it or lose it
• Use it and improve it
• Specificity
• Repetition matters
• Intensity matters
• Time matters
• Salience matters
• Age matters
• Transference
• Interference