RT Book, Section A1 KISNER, CAROLYN A1 ARMSTRONG, CINDY JOHNSON A2 Kisner, Carolyn A2 Colby, Lynn Allen A2 Borstad, John SR Print(0) ID 1169774638 T1 Peripheral Nerve Disorders and Management T2 Therapeutic Exercise: Foundations and Techniques, 7e YR 2018 FD 2018 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780803658509 LK fadavisat.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1169774638 RD 2024/10/09 AB Therapeutic exercise and related manual therapy techniques would not be possible without the nervous system and all its components activating, controlling, and modifying motor responses as well as receiving and interpreting feedback from the variety of sensory receptors throughout the body. Because of their intimate proximity to all the structures in the trunk and extremities, nerves may become stressed or injured with various musculoskeletal conditions, postures, and repetitive microtraumas, resulting in neurological symptoms, structural and functional impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. Highlights of the anatomy and results of injury to the peripheral nervous system are reviewed in the first section of this chapter for the purpose of laying the foundation for management guidelines, including therapeutic exercise and manual therapy interventions, that are described in the remainder of the chapter. In the treatment of patients with musculoskeletal impairments, often the therapist does not think of the components of the central nervous system. Even though this chapter primarily deals with the peripheral nervous system, acknowledgment that the central nervous system plays a key role in the initiation and control of movement is a must. The reader is referred to Chapter 8 for consideration of motor control in the total rehabilitation of the individual with musculoskeletal involvement.