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Mobility Terms
Nursing Fundamentals
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Nursing
Undergraduate 2
04/18/2012

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Active Exercise
Definition
Joint movement activated by the person
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Passive Exercies
Definition
Joint movement activated by another person
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Atrophy
Definition
Decrease in the sizwe of a body sturcture
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Bondy Mechanics
Definition
Efficient use of the body as a machine
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Patient Care Ergonomics
Definition
Practice of designing equipment and work taasks to conform to the capabiility of the worker in relation to patient care
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Contractures
Definition
Permanently contracted state of muscle
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Dangling
Definition
Position where person sits on the side of the bed with feet dangling over the edge
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Footdrop
Definition
cComplication resulting from extended plantaer flexation
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Osteoporosis
Definition
Condition characterized frrom loss of calcium from bone tissue
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Range of Motion
Definition
Complete extent of movement a joint is normally capable of
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Paralysis
Definition
Absence of strength secondary to nervous impairment
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Paresis
Definition
Impaired muscle strength or weakness
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Isometric Exercieses
Definition
Exercise in which muscle tension occurs without a significant change in muscle length
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Isotonic Exercises
Definition
Movement in which muscles shorten and move
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Isokinetic Exercises
Definition
Exercise involving muscle contraction with resistance varying at a constant rate
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