PRC Exercise Prescription & Home Program Design Flashcards

When designing a PRI home exercise program, which factor is MOST important for initial exercise selection?

Answer: The patient's ability to feel and reproduce the target position or pattern

In PRI, the patient's ability to sense and reproduce the target repositioned position is prioritized because sensory awareness drives the neuromotor repatterning process.

How many exercises are typically recommended in an initial PRI home program?

Answer: 1–3 exercises performed correctly with attention to sensory goals

PRI home programs typically start with only 1–3 exercises to ensure quality of performance, sensory awareness, and patient compliance rather than volume.

In a PRI home exercise session, inhibitory techniques are used to:

Answer: Reduce neural drive to overactive muscles before facilitating inhibited antagonists

PRI inhibitory techniques reduce neural drive to overactive muscles, creating the neuromotor relaxation needed to then successfully facilitate activation of the inhibited antagonists.

When prescribing PRI exercises that include nasal breathing and exhale holds, the primary purpose is to:

Answer: Facilitate diaphragm repositioning and improve the zone of apposition

Nasal breathing with exhale holds in PRI facilitates diaphragm repositioning and improves the zone of apposition, restoring proper thoracic mechanics and trunk pressurization.

Which of the following BEST describes the key principle for progression in a PRI exercise program?

Answer: Progress only when the patient consistently achieves and feels the target position

PRI progression is based on the patient's consistent ability to achieve and proprioceptively sense the target position, ensuring neuromotor learning is occurring before increasing challenge.

A patient reports performing PRI exercises but cannot feel the intended muscle activation. The BEST next step is to:

Answer: Reassess positioning and add tactile or verbal cueing to improve proprioceptive awareness

When PRI sensory goals are not being met, reassessing positioning and adding tactile or verbal cues helps develop the proprioceptive awareness needed for successful repositioning.