Rehabilitation Phases
This phase occurs 0–72 hours after injury and focuses on protection and inflammation control.
What is the Acute Phase?
Muscle contraction without joint movement.
What is Isometric Exercise?
The foundational balance exercise starting on one leg.
What is Single-Leg Stance?
This stage includes sadness and withdrawal following injury.
What is Depression?
In pediatric rehab, protect this vulnerable structure.
What are Growth Plates?
An ankle sprain in the acute phase would include this movement type.
What are pain-free ROM exercises?
This protocol is commonly used during the acute phase to manage injury.
What is PRICE?
Dynamic movement with variable resistance like squats or bicep curls.
What is Isotonic Exercise?
This hop test measures explosive power and requires ≥90% limb symmetry.
What is the Single Hop for Distance?
SMART goals must include this final component referring to deadlines.
What is Time-bound?
In geriatric rehab, this is prioritized to reduce injury risk.
What is Fall Prevention?
ACL reconstruction typically requires this many months before return to pivoting sports.
What is 9–12 months?
During this phase (3 days–3 weeks), progressive strengthening and proprioception begin.
What is the Subacute Phase?
Exercise performed at constant speed with accommodating resistance.
What is Isokinetic Training?
Adding unexpected forces to challenge neuromuscular control is called this.
What is Perturbation Training?
This type of motivation is driven by internal satisfaction.
What is Intrinsic Motivation?
Increasing pain, swelling, or dizziness during exercise are examples of this.
What are Contraindications?
McGill’s “Big Three” are commonly used for this condition.
What is Low Back Pain?
This phase focuses on power, agility, and sport-specific drills.
What is the Chronic/Return-to-Activity Phase?
This principle includes Frequency, Intensity, Time, and Type.
What is FITT?
These exercises use the stretch-shortening cycle to develop power.
What are Plyometrics?
This fear cycle links catastrophizing pain to avoidance and disability.
What is Fear-Avoidance?
This documentation format includes Subjective, Objective, Assessment, and Plan.
What is SOAP?
This rehabilitation method uses diagonal and spiral movement patterns.
What is PNF?
Before progressing to return-to-play, strength must reach this percentage of the uninvolved limb.
What is 90–100%?
This type of exercise has the distal segment fixed, such as a squat or push-up.
What is Closed Kinetic Chain (CKC)?
This model progresses from stabilization to strength to power.
What is the NASM OPT Model?
Systematically exposing patients to feared movements is called this.
What is Graded Exposure?
This training technique partially restricts blood flow and uses 20–30% of 1RM.
What is Blood Flow Restriction (BFR) Training?
Evidence-based practice combines research, clinical expertise, and this third component.
What are Patient Values and Preferences?