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| The measurement or quantifications of variable or the placement or the placement of a value on something |
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| The increase of signs and symptoms in the immediate are of the lesion |
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| The specific process reserved solely for the PT, in which clinical judgments are made from the base of data obtained during the exam |
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| The preliminary gathering of data and performing various screens, tests, and measures to obtain a comprehensive base from which to make a decision |
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| Decisions made within the clinical environment that are based on the established physical therapy plan of care. Includes decision rules, thinking, data collection, and interpretation |
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| The spread of pain to areas outside of or distant from the immediate area of involvement |
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| Pain that is "felt in an area far from the site of the lesion, but supplied by the same or adjacent neural segments |
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| "small, localized tender areas found within skeletal muscles, fascia, tendons, ligaments, periosteum, and pericapsular areas" |
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| Pain that originates from the body organ |
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