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| Activities of daily living (ADL's) |
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| activities usually perfomred in the course of a normal day in the patient's life such as eating, dressing, bathing, brushing the teeth, or grooming |
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| The amount of exercise or activity that the person is able to perform |
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| Muscles that bring about movement of a joint |
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| Muscles that are involved with joint stabilization |
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| Nonvascular supporting tissue |
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| Have little movement but are elastic and use cartilage to seperate body surfaces |
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| balanced over a wide, stable base of support and a vertical line falls from the center of gravity through the base of support |
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| gait achieved by a person using crutches |
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| performance of any physical activity for the purpose of conditioning the body, improving health, maintaining fitness, or as a therpeutic measure |
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| Joints that fit closely together and are fixed |
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| placed at the end of the beds, patients push against them to move up in bed |
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| The force that occures in a direction to oppose movement |
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| The manner or style of walking, including rhythm, cadence, and speed |
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| paralysis of one side of the body |
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| Exercises that involve tightening or tensing of muscles without moving body parts |
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| Exercises that cause muscle contraction and change in muscle length |
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| Bands of fibrous tissue that bind joints and connect bones and cartilage |
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| 3 components: ROM, gait, and exercise |
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| normal state of balanced muscule tension |
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| Maintained by the coordinated movements of the musculoskeletal and nervous system |
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| The awareness of the position of the body and its parts |
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| Muscles that contract to accomplish the same movement |
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| Bands of tissue that connect muscle to bone |
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