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isotonic reversals - purpose?
- to facilitate coordinated recip movements
- improve smooth reversal of mvmnt directions
- facil contraction of ag/antagonist pairs
- prevent or relieve fatigue
- increase endurance
- increase AROM
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purpose of quick-stretch
- initiate movement
- mid range - it can encourage mvmnt vs fatigue
- improve pt's awareness of mvmnt
- redirect motion
- increase AROM
- increase endurance
can be used with any other technique
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special techniques - combos of isotonics, def?
- use of eccentric, concentric, & maintained isotonic contractions in 1 direction of a given diagonal
- ... you alternate btwn them smoothly, cuing the pt w yr hands and voice
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purpose of combos of isotonics
- mimic ADLs (we raise, hold, bring things down...)
- train pt to transition btwn these 3 types of contractions
- PT resists throughout, fluidly
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in combos of isotonics, when does the PT control speed?
concentric & maintained isotonic
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in combos of isotonics, when does the pt control speed?
eccentric
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