What is MD?
Muscle weakness, muscle wasting, and stiffness.
What are the characteristics of muscular dystrophy?
This is the main role of OT.
What is increasing quality of life?
Safety considerations specific to a diagnosis.
What are Precautions?
Sitting instead of standing during an activity is an example of this
What is energy conservation?
Interventions such as blowing bubbles promote this body system.
What is respiratory system?
This body system is affected by muscular dystrophy.
What is the Musculoskeletal system?
As an OT, our goal is to maintain our clients ______ ______ for as long as possible.
What is Functional Independence?
What is Overexertion?
This ensures functional mobility in common day-to-day spaces for our clients.
What is environmental modifications?
Interventions such as activity trackers and sleep journals can target this outcome.
What is increased quality of sleep?
Muscular dystrophy is a genetic ________ disease.
What is Progressive?
This will have the greatest impact on enhancing a person's quality of life and possibly increase their life expectancy.
What is Symptom Management?
This equipment is worn by the client to prevent falls during treatment.
What is a gait belt?
These include braces, wheelchairs, and walkers.
What is adaptive equipment?
Aerobic activities such as simple obstacle courses and walking promote this.
What is gross motor function?
This condition affects 1 in every 3,300 males.
What is Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy?
Other than OTs, these professionals are an integral part of a client's care team.
What are PTs, RNs, MDs, and parents?
Changing positions frequently helps to maintain this.
What is skin integrity?
Medication, assistive devices, healthy diet, "just right" activities, and sleep are examples of this.
What are pain management strategies?
This type of intervention encourages self-expression, reduces isolation, and promotes independence.
What is music therapy?
A diagnostic tool used for testing the electrical activity of muscles
What is Electromyography (EMG)?
This mode of therapeutic use of self involves providing clients with resources for community mobility and financial assistance.
Short of breath, rapid breathing, dizziness.
What are the signs of respiratory distress?
This is not a goal of OT treatment.
What is curing this disorder, making them stronger, or raising their functional baseline, etc.?
Come up with your own intervention!
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