Neuromusculoskeletal and movement related functions, muscle functions, and movement functions

Types of abnormal muscle tone

-Flaccidity -Hypertonic -Spasticity -Flucturating

Oculomotor Control

-Motor control of the eye muscles that allows for detection of visual information in the environment and requires multiple types of coordination

Muscular analysis (Just right Challenge)

-Movements required -exact muscles utilized Type of muscle actions +Isometric (muscle held at a fixed length) +Eccentric Contractions (muscle actively lengthening) +Concentric Contractions (muscle actively shortening)

Postural Alignment (joint stability)

-Physiological stability of the joint related to its structural integrity as compared to the motor skill of aligning the body while moving in relation to task objects -Challenged in activities that stress the stability of a joint (carrying a heavy bag)

Muscle Endurance

-Required when contraction of a muscle must be maintained for a long period of time -Required when repetitive muscle contractions occur over a long period of time with minimal or no rest breaks

Involuntary movement reacions

-Righting and Supporting: Automatic reaction to restore alignment of the trunk by increasing tone in trunk or limbs +keeps us from falling

Joint Mobility

-The ease in which a joint moves through motion is termed range of motion -Important to consider the dgree of ROM of an activity analysis.

Muscle Power (strength)

-The force in which a body part must move or hold an object requires the functions of muscle power -Requirements will vary according to the environmental challenges and eexertion made against gravity

Muscle Tone

Natural tension present in muscles at rest-this tension is what creates resistance or the lack of resistance when a body part is moved passively

Bilateral Integration

Occurs when both arms or both legs are used collaboratively to complete a task

Crossing Midline

Occurs when the right side of body crosses over into left side or vice versa

Client Factors

Those factors that reside within the client and that may affect performance in areas of occupation. Client factors include values, beliefs, and spirituality, body functions and body structures

Gross Motor Control:

When larger muscles of the body are used to coordinate movements

Motor Reflexes

stretch reflex ATNR STNR

Body Functions are

the physiological functions of body systems

Gait Patterns

Assigned in relation to how they affect ability to engage in occupations and in daily life activities +stiff gait +Asymmetric gait

Fine Motor Control

Movements that utilize the smaller muscles of the hand, fingers, and thumb

Eye-hand/foot coordination

requires utilizing what is visually perceived in the environment to contract and control muscle groups to move in a coordinated fashion