Kinectic Crontrol " The management of uncontrolled movement

This book

presents a comprehensive system for che assessme

nt and retraining of

movememt control. lt has been in evolution for

the

last 25 years. Unconuolled movememt has a significant impact on the. development of movement disorders and pain. The scientific support for the process of the assessment and retraining of unconrrolled movement has been steadily expanding panirularly

in the last 10 years. The influence of uncontrolled rnovement on symptoms, especially pain,

movemenc function, recurrence of symptoms and disability

is now well

established.

We believe chat in the next 10 years the literatu

re will

support that me presence of

uncontrolled movement will also be recognised as a prediaor of injury risk

and as

having an influence on performance.

Uncontrolled movement can be

idenrified by

movement control tests. People wich

pain de

monsuate aberrant movement pattems during the performance of these

movement control tests. A growing body of evidence supporu the use of movement

control tests in the assessment and management of chronic and

rerurrent

pain. The identificarion of uncontrolled movement in

terms of the site, direction and threshold

of movement impairment is a unique subdassification system of musculoskeletal

disorders

and pain. The movement testing process proposed enables the dassification

of uncontrolled movement

into diagnostic subgroups that

can be used to develop

dientspecific. retraining prograrns. This process can determine management

priorities and optimise the management of musculoskeletal pain and injury recurrence.

Subdassification is now recognised as being the comerstone of movemem assessment and the e'lidence fer subdassification of site, direction and threshold is growing.

This book details a struaured system of testing, dinical

reasoning and specific

retraining. This system loes not predude ot.her interventions as it is designed to enhance

the management of musculoskeletal disorde.