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| Activities of daily living |
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| Activities usually performed 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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| Kind or amount of exercise or work that a person is able to perform. |
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| Muscles that cause movement at the joint. |
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| Muscles that stabilize joints. These muscles continuously oppose the effect of gravity on the body and permit a person to maintain an upright or sitting posture. |
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| Nonvascular, supporting connective tissue with the flexibility of a firm, plastic material. |
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| Joints that have little movement but are elastic and use cartilage to unite separate body surfaces |
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| Midpoint or center of the weight of a body or object. |
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| Gait achieved by a person using crutches |
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| Four-point alternating, or four-point gait |
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| Gives stability to the patient. Requires weight bearing on both legs. Each leg is moved alternately with each opposing crutch so three points of support are on the floor at all times. |
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| Three-point alternating, or three-point gait |
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| Requires the patient to bear all of the weight on one foot. Patient bears weight on both crutches and then on the uninvolved leg. |
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| Requires at least partial weight bearing on each foot. Patient moves a crutch at the same time as the opposing leg so crutch movements are similar to arm movements of normal walking. |
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| A physical or mental activity performed to maintain, restore, or increase normal capacity. |
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| Joints that fit closely together and are fixed |
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| A board placed at the end of a bed, in long-term care setting, to promote resistive isometric exercise. |
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| Is a force that occurs in a direction to oppose movement. |
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| Is the manner or style of walking, including rhythm, cadence, and speed. |
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| Decreased sensation. Paralysis of one side of the body, usually resulting from a stroke. |
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| Isometric exercises involve tightening or tensing muscles without moving body parts.eg contraction of gluteal muscles |
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| Isotonic exercises cause muscle contraction and change in muscle length. eg walking, swimming, running |
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| An articulation. The connection between bones. |
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| White, shiny, flexible bands of fibrous tissue that bind joints and connect bones and cartilage. |
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| Person's ability to move about freely. Assessed by ROM, gait, and exercise. |
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| Normal state of balanced muscle tension |
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| Position of the body in relation to the surrounding space. |
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| The awareness of the position of the body and its parts. |
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| Mobility. Range of movement of a joint from maximum extension to maximum flexion as measured in degrees of a circle. |
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| Muscles that contract to accomplish the same movement. |
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| True joints. Joints that are freely movable and the most mobile, numerous, and anatomically complex body joint. |
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| White, glistening, fibrous band of tissue that connect muscle to bone. |
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