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An assessment of func-on, based on evidence-based msk principles
Func-onal assessment
Peace & love
P - protec-on (painless movements)
E - eleva-on (elevate injured limb)
A - avoid an--inflammatories
C - compression (bandage)
E - educa-on (avoid passive treatments and let the body do it's thing)
&
L - load (let pain/body decide when to increase load)
O - op-mism (condi-on for op-mal recovery)
V - vascularisa-on (pain free cardiovascular ac-vi-es)
E - exercise
What is the most important part of the func-onal evalua-on?
To keep it pa-ent-centered
Tissue tolerance level
(func-onal capacity/func-onal demand)
Func-onal capacity
when there is a mismatch = injury
,Loading and res-ng
(func-onal capacity/func-onal demand)
Func-onal demand
when there is a mismatch = injury
What kind of change is this (structural/func-onal)
symptoms typically present with classic presenta-ons?
Structural
What kind of change is this (structural/func-onal)
mechanism of injury correlates with presenta-on
Structural
What kind of change is this (structural/func-onal)
easily reproducible u-lizing orthopedic assessment
Structural
, What kind of change is this (structural/func-onal)
oQen has well-known and specific interven-ons
Structural
What kind of change is this (structural/func-onal)
an issue with "what you have"
Structural
What kind of change is this (structural/func-onal)
requires determina-on of which kine-c chain is likely involved
Func-onal
What kind of change is this (structural/func-onal)
the individual structures are assessed for relevance
Func-onal
What kind of change is this (structural/func-onal)
successful treatment should include an evolu-on over -me. As if truly
func-onal treatment should reverse and should rou-nely shiQ as func-on
changes
Func-onal
What kind of change is this (structural/func-onal) an issue with "how you are
working with what you have"
Func-onal
Trea-ng the biomechanical source of pain instead of the site of symptoms is
based on a concept called _________ ________.