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REFERENCE · RECOVERY TECHNIQUES

Functional Limb Weakness: Detailed Recovery Techniques

This folder expands the brief technique descriptions on the [functional limb weakness recovery page](../01-functional-limb-weakness.md). Each page explains which appearance of weakness may fit the technique, the relevant anatomy in clinical and everyday language, how a clinician may select and progress it, how supporters can help, and where the evidence stops.

Original list: 10 entries

10 original entries became 12 pages by separating backward walking from foot sliding, and mirror feedback from treadmill/body-weight support. No extra list entry was needed. These are document counts, not counts of independently proven treatments. See the history audit.

  1. Automatic, task-oriented movement: Automatic and Task-Oriented Movement for Functional Limb Weakness.
  2. External focus or divided attention: External Focus and Divided Attention for Functional Limb Weakness.
  3. Early supported weight-bearing: Supported Loading and Weight-Bearing for Functional Limb Weakness.
  4. Build a step from weight shift: Step Initiation From Weight Shift for Functional Limb Weakness.
  5. Backward walking or foot sliding: Foot Sliding for Ankle and Leg Weakness; Backward Walking as a Bridge to Forward Walking.
  6. Treadmill, mirror or body-weight support: Treadmill and Body-Weight-Supported Walking; Mirror and Visual Feedback for Functional Limb Weakness.
  7. Meaningful arm and two-handed tasks: Meaningful Upper-Limb and Two-Handed Tasks.
  8. Graded activity and reconditioning: Graded Activity and Reconditioning for Functional Limb Weakness.
  9. Electrical stimulation as an adjunct: Electrical Stimulation as a Movement Adjunct.
  10. Relapse and self-management plan: Relapse and Self-Management Planning for Functional Limb Weakness.

These are components a qualified clinician can combine, adapt or omit. They are not a fixed sequence. A technique helping or not helping does not confirm or disprove FND. New or substantially changed weakness needs appropriate assessment.