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| ADLs (activities of daily living) |
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| The things we normally do in daily living including any daily activity we perform for self-care (such as feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, grooming), work, homemaking, and leisure. The ability or inability to perform ADLs can be used as a very practical measure of ability/disability in many disorders. |
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| a clot of blood formed within a blood vessel and remaining attached to its place of origin |
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| A mass, such as an air bubble, a detached blood clot, or a foreign body, that travels in the bloodstream and lodges in a blood vessel, thus serving to obstruct or occlude such a vessel. |
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| a bending movement around a joint in a limb (as the knee or elbow) that decreases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint |
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| an unbending movement around a joint in a limb (as the knee or elbow) that increases the angle between the bones of the limb at the joint compare |
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| the action of certain muscles in pulling a leg, arm, etc away from the median axis of the body |
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| (of a muscle) to draw or pull (a leg, arm, etc) towards the median axis of the body |
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| movement of a limb or extremity so that the distal end describes a circle while the proximal end remains fixed |
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| the turning of a limb about its axis of rotation toward the midline of the body. |
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| turning outwardly or away from the midline of the body |
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| turning outwardly or away from the midline of the body |
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| rotation of the hand or forearm so that the palmar surface is facing upward |
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| bending the foot or toes toward the plantar surface |
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| The turning of the foot or the toes upward. |
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| A characteristic movement of the primate thumb, in which the pad of the thumb can be placed in contact with the pads of the fingers of the same hand. |
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| a turning inward, inside out, or other reversal of the normal relation of a part |
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| a turning outward or inside out, such as a turning of the foot outward at the ankle |
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| an abnormal lateral curvature of the spine. |
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| . an abnormal forward curvature of the spine in the lumbar region, resulting in a swaybacked posture. |
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exaggerated outward curvature of the thoracic region of the spinal column resulting in a rounded upper back compare
"hunchedbacked" |
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| stoppage of the flow or discharge of urine, at any level of the urinary tract |
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| muscular weakness or partial paralysis restricted to one side of the body |
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| paralysis of one side of the body, usually as the result of injury to the brain |
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| located away from the center of the body |
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| located toward the center of the body proximal end of a bone |
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| situated toward the front of the body |
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| situated behind or at the rear of |
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| situated toward the head and further away from the feet than another and especially another similar part of an upright body |
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| Lying on the back or having the face upward. |
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| Lying with the front or face downward. |
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| A person in the Fowler's position is sitting straight up or leaning slightly back. Their legs may either be straight or bent. |
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| an inclined position obtained by raising the head of the bed 25–40 cm, flexing the hips, and placing a support under the knees so that they are bent at approximately 90°, thereby allowing fluid in the abdominal cavity to collect in the pelvis. |
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| A person in the Trendelenberg position is lying supine with their head slightly lower than their feet. |
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| a common surgical position in which the lower extremities are leveled lower than the head and neck |
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| Stiffness of the joints that prevents full extension |
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dropping of the forefoot due to weakness, damage to the
peroneal nerve or paralysis of the muscles in the anterior portion of the lower leg |
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| a form of hypotension in which a person's blood pressure suddenly falls when the person stands up or stretches. The decrease is typically greater than 20/10 mm Hg,[2] and may be most pronounced after resting. |
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