Environmental Adaptations
The addition of materials to assist with gripping items such as a spoon or mug.
What are built up handles?
The location of the muscles used in wrist extension
What is the posterior forearm
An injury to this would cause decreased proximal stability
What is the Rotator Cuff
(the shoulder is also acceptable)
The type of contraction required to continue grasping the mug with the hand throughout phase C-D
What is Isometric Contraction
An environmental adaptation for individuals with decreased muscle strength when drinking from a coffee mug
What is using a lighter mug
The job of the erector spinae when setting a coffee cup back on the table
What is keeping the neck in neutral
Damage to the connective tissue and joint capsule of the MCP joints causing extreme pain
What is Ulnar Drift
Shortening of the muscles during contraction
What are Concentric Contractions
An adaptive piece of equipment that assist individuals who cannot extend their neck.
What is a nosey cup?
One of the two muscles working during elbow extension
What is the Triceps brachii
OR
What is the Anconeus
What is a Pulley System
The movement occurring at the wrist when setting the mug back on the table
What is (slight) extension
Adjusting the table height
What is a modification for the shoulder and elbow
The muscle that assists in thumb CMC and MP flexion but not in IP flexion
What is Flexor Pollicis Brevis
A condition that would effect a person's ability to grasp a mug due to nodular thickening of the palmar aponeurosis
What is Dupuytren's Contracture
The movement occurring in the shoulder when setting the mug back on the table
What is Adduction