RT Book, Section A1 Moriarty-Baron, Joann A1 O'Sullivan, Susan B. A2 O’Sullivan, Susan B. A2 Schmitz, Thomas J. SR Print(0) ID 1134944788 T1 Interventions to Improve Standing and Standing Balance Skills T2 Improving Functional Outcomes in Physical Rehabilitation, 2e YR 2016 FD 2016 PB McGraw-Hill Education PP New York, NY SN 9780803646124 LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1134944788 RD 2024/10/06 AB This chapter focuses on standing control and interventions that can be used to improve standing and standing balance skills. Careful examination of the patient's overall status in terms of impairments and activity limitations that affect standing control is necessary and should include musculoskeletal alignment, range of motion (ROM), and muscle performance (strength, power, endurance). Examination of motor function (motor control and motor learning) focuses on determining the patient's weightbearing status, postural control, and intactness of neuromuscular synergies required for static and dynamic control. Examination of sensory function includes utilization of sensory (somatosensory, visual, and vestibular) cues for standing balance control and central nervous system (CNS) sensory integration mechanisms. Finally, the patient must be able to safely perform functional movements (activities of daily living [ADL]) in standing in various environments (clinic, home, work [job/school/play], and community).