Cervical Spine Treatment Techniques

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Which technique is used to improve upper cervical mobility and decrease headaches?

Rotation Mobilization

OA Flexion (correct)

Neutral position

CT Junction Extension

What is the patient position for the CT Junction Extension technique?

Lying on the stomach with head turned to the side

Standing with feet shoulder-width apart

Supine with head in neutral position

Sitting on a chair with normalized sitting posture (correct)

Which handhold is used for the Rotation Mobilization technique?

Left hand fixates on the lateral aspects of the posterior arch of C1 with the left thumb and index finger doing the fixation

Therapist holds around the patient’s head and neck with the left arm, with the left hand at the C7 segment

Therapist forms pinch grip with thumb and index finger of the right hand on the spinous process of T1 (correct)

Positioning neck by finding C2 spinous process and sliding index fingertips to right and left C2-3 articular pillar

What is the direction of mobilizing force for the Rotation Mobilization technique?

Anterior/superior (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which technique is used to improve cervicothoracic junction extension?

CT Junction Extension (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the patient position for the OA Flexion technique?

Supine with head in neutral position (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which handhold is used for the CT Junction Extension technique?

Therapist forms pinch grip with thumb and index finger of the right hand on the spinous process of T1 (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the direction of movement for the CT Junction Extension technique?

Posterior/inferior (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which technique is used for upper cervical hypomobility?

Neutral position (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the patient position for the Rotation Mobilization technique?

Supine with head in neutral position (A) Signup and view all the answers

Which technique is used to improve cervical flexion or extension?

Central Posterior-Anterior Vertebral Pressures (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which technique is used to improve cervical extension when performed on both sides?

Unilateral Posterior-Anterior Vertebral Pressures (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which technique is used to improve cervical sidebending and rotation when performed on one side?

Unilateral Posterior-Anterior Vertebral Pressures (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which technique is used for any painful movement of the cervical spine?

Lower Cervical Distraction Technique (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the patient position for the Central Posterior-Anterior Vertebral Pressures technique?

Patient prone, forehead on towel roll, neck relaxed (B) Signup and view all the answers

What is the patient position for the Unilateral Posterior-Anterior Vertebral Pressures technique?

Patient prone, forehead on towel roll, neck relaxed (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the patient position for the Lower Cervical Distraction Technique?

Supine with enough support under head to place area of spine to be treated in a neutral flexion / extension position (A) Signup and view all the answers

What is the patient position for the Anterior glide technique?

Patient prone, forehead on towel roll, neck relaxed (D) Signup and view all the answers

What is the PT handhold for the Central Posterior-Anterior Vertebral Pressures technique?

Thumbs are tip to tip, index fingers grasp level of vertebra (C) Signup and view all the answers

What is the PT handhold for the Unilateral Posterior-Anterior Vertebral Pressures technique?

Thumbs are tip to tip, index fingers grasp level of vertebra (B) Signup and view all the answers

Which type of oscillatory technique lasts for 10-20 seconds and consists of 1-3 bouts?

Oscillatory I (D) Signup and view all the answers

Which type of sustained technique lasts for 3-5 seconds and consists of 8-10 bouts?

Sustained II (C) Signup and view all the answers

Which type of sustained technique lasts for 10 seconds and consists of 8-10 bouts?

Sustained III (C) Signup and view all the answers