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| measurement or quantification of a variable or the placement of a value on something. should not be confused with examination or evaluation. |
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| person who is treating or working with the pt; examples are therapist, therapist assistant, aide, or family member |
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| exchange of information through verbal, written, or nonverbal means |
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| use of an electrical current to assist with the diagnosis of a pt's condition |
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| dynamic process in which the practitioner makes clinical judgments based on data gathered during examination |
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| process of obtaining a history, performing relevant systems reviews, and selecting ad adminstering specific tests and measures |
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| measurement of range of motion of a joint of the body |
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| Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 |
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| a federal law enacted to protect health care related information |
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| sense by which position, weight, and movement are perceived |
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| orthopedic appliance used to support, align, prevent, or correct deformities or to replace the function of parts of the body; a brace or splint is an example of an orthosis |
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| quantifiable or objectivce means to determine the effectiveness of treatment or performance that is usually expressed with the use of functional terms |
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| problem oriented medical record |
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| system developed to organize a medical record that uses a common list of patient problems as its base |
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| perception mediated by proprioceptors or proprioceptive testing; sensation and awareness about the movemnts and position of body parts or the body |
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| artificial replacement of an absent body part (ex. artificial limb) |
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| an image or record produced on exposed or processed film through radiography; a roentgenogram |
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| acronym, the letters of which identify each section of a pt's status: S-subjective, O-objective, A-assessment, P-plan |
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| ability to recognize the form (shape) of an object by touch |
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| privite, nonprofit organization whose purpose is to encourage the attainment of uniformly high standards of institutional medical care |
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| the ability to recognize or differentiate two blunt points when they are simultaneously applied ot the skin |
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| acquried immunodeficiency syndrome.. caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) |
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| absence of microorganisms that produce disease; prevention of infection by maintaining a sterile condition |
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| when something is rendered unclean or unsterile; an item, surface, or field is considered to be contaminated when it comes in contact with anything that is not sterile |
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| use of physical or chemical means to remove, inactivate, or destroy blood borne pathogens on a surface or item to the point where they are no longer capable of transmitting infectious particles and the surace or item is rendered safe for handling, use, or disposal |
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| destruction or removal of pathogenic organisms, but not necessarily their spores |
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| production of a disease or harmful dondition by the enterance of disease producing germs into an organism |
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| practices that help to reduce the number and spread of microoganisms |
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| tiny living animal or plant that can cause disease |
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| pertaining to or originating in a hospital |
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| microorganism that produces disease |
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| presence of pathogenic microorganisms or their toxins in the blood or tissues |
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| a hard, thick walled capsule formed by some bacteria that contains only the essential parts of the protoplasm of the bacteria cell |
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| containing no microorganisms; free from germs |
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| process by which all microorganisms, including spores, are destroyed |
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| practices that render and keep objects and areas fee of all microorganisms |
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| a bodily injury caused by physical means, with disruption of the normal continuity of structures |
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| an abnormal discontinuous nonmusical sound heard on auscultation of the chest, primarily during inhalation; also called a crackle |
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| pertaining to the rectum, or the distal part of large intestine |
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| instrument used to measure BP; it may use mercury column or an enclosed air pressure spring system |
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| instrument used to convey sounds produced in the body of a person to the ears of the examiner; composed of a diaphragm, tubing, and earpieces |
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| shrill, harsh sound, especially the respiratory sound heard during inspritation in laryngeal obstruction |
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| temporary suspension of consciousness caused by cerebral anemia; fainting |
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| period when the greatest amount of pressure is exerted on the walls of the arteries during heartbeat; usually indicates the contractile phase of heartbeat |
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| abnormally fast heartbeat (HR greater than 100 bpm) |
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| measurement of a person's body temperature, heart and respiration rates, and blood pressure; also refered to as cardinal signs |
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| situated at or directed toward the front of a body or object; the opposite of posterior |
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| base of support; area on which an object rests and provides support for the object |
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| center of gravity, the point at which the mass of a body or object is centered |
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| disturbance, impairment, or abnormality of the functioning of a body part |
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| act of rubbing one object against another |
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| force that pulls toward the center of the earth and affects all joints |
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| maintaining or pertaining to the same length |
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| abnormally increased convexity in the curvature of the thoracic spine as viewed from the side |
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| pertaining to a side; away from the midline of the body or a structure |
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| a component of a mechanical lever; it may be the force arm or the weight (resistance) arm; when the length of the force arm is increased or the length of the weight arm is decreased, a greater mechanical advantage is created for the lever system |
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| increase in one of the forward convexities of the normal vertebral columns; a lumbar or cervical lordosis can occur |
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| pertaining to the lower region of the back superior to the pelvis |
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| pertaining to or situated toward the midline of the body or a structure |
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| pelvic tilt (inclination) |
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| movement of the pevlis so the ASIS move anteriorly or posteriorly to produce an anterior or a posterior tilt or inclination of the pelvis |
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| situated at or directed toward the back of a body or object; the opposite of anterior |
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| anteroposterior plane or body section that is parallel to the median plane of the body |
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| to sit on the heels with the knees fully bent |
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| to bend the body forward or downward by partially bending the knees |
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| the expression of the effectiveness of a force in turning a lever system; it is the product of a force multiplied by the perpendicular distance from its line of action to the axis of motion (T=FxD) |
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| valsalva phenomenon or manuever |
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| increased intrathoracic pressure caused by forcible exhalation against a closed glottis |
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| a quantity possessing magnitude and direction, such as a force or velocity |
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| vertical gravity line; an imaginary vertical ine that passes through the center of gravity of an object |
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| movement away from an axis or from the median plane of the body; movement of a body part away from the middle of the body |
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| movement toward an axis or toward the median plane of the body; movement of a body part toward the middle of the body |
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| pertaining to or affected with coma; a state of unconsciousness |
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| shortening or tightening of the skin, muscle, fasica, or joint capsule that prevents normal movement or flexibility of the involved structure |
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| movement that increases or straigtens the angle between two adjoining body parts or bones |
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| outward turning or pivoting around an axis |
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| movement that decreases the angle between two adjoining body parts or bones |
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| extension of a limb or part beyond the normal limit; overextension of a limb or part |
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| inward turning or pivoting around an axis |
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| deficiency of blod in a part because of functional constriction or actual obstruction of a blood vessel |
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| protuberance of the ischium; the inferior, distal portion of the pelvis |
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| softening of a solid by soaking |
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| morphological changes indicative of cell death |
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| protuberance of the occipital bone; posterior area of skull |
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| pelvic floor and associated structures occupying the pelvic outlet |
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| lying face downwad on the ventral surface of the body; lying on the abdomen and chest |
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| medication used to control behavior or to restrict the pt's freedom of moevement and is not a standard treatment for the pt's medical or psychiatric condition |
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| any manual method or physical or mechanical device, material, or equipment attached or adjacent to the pt's body that he or she cannot easily move and restricts freedom of movement or normal access to the body |
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| position of the UE when they are abducted to 90 degrees and externally rotated at the shoulders and with the elbows flexed to 90 degrees |
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| involuntary confinement of a person in a room or area where the person is physically prevented from leaving |
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| active assistive exercise |
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| exercise performed by a person with manual or mechanical assistance; can be static or dynamic |
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| exercise performed by a person without any manual or mechanical assistance |
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| active resistive exercise |
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| exercise performed by a person against manual or mechanical resistance |
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| decrease or reduction in the size of normally developed cells, tissues, organs, or body parts |
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| characteristic pattern for a given joint tht limits joint motion and indicates that a problem exists within that joint |
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| overall shortening of a muscle as it develops tension and contracts; positive work is performed or movement is accelerated |
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| drawing together or a shortening or shrinking |
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| directed toward or situated on the back surface |
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| overall lenthening of a muscle as it develops tension and contracts to control motion performed by an outside force; negaitve work is performed or movement is decelerated |
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| quality of the movement a person senses when pressure is applied passively to a joint at the end of its available range of motion |
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| being, doing, or acting form the outside; not inherent |
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| increase in the corss sectional size of a fiber or cell |
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| form of active resistive exercise; speed of movent of the limb is controlled throughout the arc or ROM and the resistance offered is in direct proportion to the force offered by the pt throughout the ROM of the exercise |
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| a muscle contraction that develops tension but does not perform any mechanical work; there is no appreciable joint motion, and the overall length of the muscle remains constant |
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| a muscle contraction whereby tension is developed and movement of a joint or body part occurs; an eccenric or concentric contraction can occur, and the muscle may lengthen or shorten |
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| the laxity or elasticity of a joint capsule that allows movement of the joint surfaces within the capsule |
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| curve that accounts for the active and passive elements of muscle tension and dictates that optimal tension is developed at one point known as rest length, the point in its range where peak torque is developed |
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| from the front to the rear of an object or living being |
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| from the front to the rear of an object or living being |
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| field of medicine concerened with weight loss or that deals with causes, prevention, and treatment of obesity |
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| requring some level or type of assistance, which may be human or mechanical |
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| an increase in the severity of disaes or any of its symptoms |
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| any tissue or organ for transplantation or implantation |
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| paralysis of one side of the body |
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| homolateral; on the same side |
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| indicates a postion away from the median plane or midline of a body or structure |
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| related or located toward the midline of a body or structure |
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| ability to move in an envrionment with ease and without restriction |
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| decreased mass per unit volume of normally mineralized bone when compared with that in age and sex-matched controls; loss of bone mass |
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| loss of power of voluntary movement in a muscle though injury or disease of its nerve supply |
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| partial or incomplete paralysis |
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| a padded table for a pt to sit or lie on while performing exercises, recieving a massage, or undergoing other physical therapy treatment |
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| adjustable belt or strap that is secured around a person's waist and used to protect and control the person; also referred to as a guard, transfer, ambulation, or gait belt |
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| moving of a pt from one surface to another surface |
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| sensation of rotation or movement of one's self or of one's surroundings |
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