Aerobic exercise
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Aerobic Exercise

What is an Aerobic Exercise? Aerobic exercise is sometimes known as “cardio” — an exercise that requires the pumping of oxygenated blood by the heart to deliver oxygen to working muscles.Aerobic exercise stimulates the heart rate and breathing rate to increase in a way that can be sustained for the exercise session. In contrast, anaerobic…

Postural Drainage
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Postural Drainage: Method, Indication, Contraindication

What is a Postural Drainage? Postural Drainage removes mucus from certain parts of the lungs by using gravity and proper positioning to bring the secretions into the throat where it is easier to remove them. The lungs are divided into segments called lobes, the right lung is divided into three lobes (right upper lobe, right…

asthma
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Asthma

What is an Asthma? ”Bronchial asthma is a chronic, inflammatory disease of the respiratory tract, which is characterized by bronchial hyperreactivity and respiratory obstruction which is reversible (spontaneously or under the influence of bronchodilater) marked by wheezing, shortness of breath, chest tightness and coughing”. symptoms may be episodic or chronic but the pattern may vary…

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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) – Lou Gehrig’disease

DEFINITION Motor neuron diseases (MND) include a heterogeneous spectrum of inherited and sporadic (no family history) clinical disorders of the upper motor neurons (UMNs), lower motor neurons (LMNs), or a combination of both. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), commonly known as” Lou Gehrig’disease”, is the most common and devastatingly fatal MND among adults. ”ALS is characterized…

Leprosy
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Leprosy and physiotherapy management

DEFINITION OF LEPROSY : 1: A chronic infectious disease caused by a mycobacterium (Mycobacterium leprae) affecting especially the skin and peripheral nerves and characterized by the formation of nodules or macules that enlarge and spread accompanied by loss of sensation with eventual paralysis, wasting of muscle, and production of deformities — called also Hansen’s disease2:…

Frenkel’s exercise
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FRENKLE’S CO-ORDINATION EXERCISE

What is a Frenkel’s Exercise? The Frenkel’s exercise was created by Heinrich Frenkel to help individuals with ataxia, to improve coordination and proprioception. With these exercises, the central nervous system is trained by carefully repeating activities, especially in the lower limbs, while maintaining a high level of focus. There are three ways to perform the…

Swan Neck Deformity
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Swan Neck Deformity: Physiotherapy Treatment

Introduction of Swan Neck Deformity Swan neck deformity is a deformed position of the finger, in which the joint closest to the fingertip is permanently bent toward the palm while the nearest joint to the palm is bent away from it (DIP flexion with PIP hyper-extension). It is commonly caused by injury or inflammatory conditions…

Acute transverse myelitis Physiotherapy
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ACUTE TRANSVERSE MYELITIS (ATM)

INTRODUCTION: Acute transverse myelitis is acute inflammation of gray and white matter in one or more adjacent spinal cord segments, usually thoracic. Causes include multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica, infections, autoimmune or postinfectious inflammation, vasculitis, and certain drugs The inflammation damages nerve fibers, and causes them to lose their myelin coating leading to decreased electrical conductivity…

Emery–Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy (EDMD)
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Emery–Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy (EDMD)

What is an Emery–Dreifuss Muscular Dystrophy (EDMD)? • Emery–Dreifuss muscular dystrophy is a condition that mainly affects muscles used for movement, such as skeletal muscles, and also affects the cardiac muscle.• It is named after Alan Emery and Fritz Dreifuss, physicians who first described the disorder among a Virginia family in the 1960s. Symptoms of…

Distal muscular dystrophy
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Distal Muscular Dystrophy

What is a Distal Muscular Dystrophy? • Distal muscular dystrophy (or distal myopathy) is a group of disorders characterized by onset in the hands or feet. Age of onset 40-60 years.• Distal muscular dystrophy is a type of muscular dystrophy that affects the muscles of the extremities, the hands, feet, lower arms, or lower legs….