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Activity & Exercise

MC Activity & Exercise Ch 37

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Isotonic Exercises Cause muscle contraction and change in muscle length ex walking, swimming, dance, jogging.
Isometric Exercises Tightening or tensing of muscles w/o moving body parts.
Resistive Isometric Individual contracts the muscle while pushing against a stationary object or resisting movement.
Antagonistic Muscles Bring about movement at the joint. During movement the active mover muscle contracts and the antagonist relaxes.
Synergistic muscles Contract to accoplish the same movement.
Antigravity Muscles Involved with joint stabilization. Oppose effect of gravity permit person to maintain upright position.
Proprioception/Proprioceptors Awareness of body parts and position. Proprioceptors located on nerve endings in muscles, tendons, and joints.
Active ROM Client can move limbs independently.
Passive ROM Nurse moves each joint in clients who are unable to perform these exercises themselves.
Coninuous Passive Motion Machines used postoperatively to place joints through selective repetitive ROM.
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gait belt encircles clients waist and handles attached for the nurse to hold while client ambulates.
Cane Keep cane on stronger side of body. Place cane forward, then move weaker leg, and then stronger leg advanced past cane.
Crutches For measuring - client's height, angle of elbow flexion, and distance btn crutch pad and axilla.
Quad-Cane Most support. Used when partial or complete leg paralysis or some hemiplegia.
Tripod Crutch Stance Basic stance.
Four Point Stance Gives gait stability but requires weiight bearing on both legs.
Three-point alternating Requires client to bear all of weight on one foot.
Two-Point Client moves crutch at same time as opposing leg.
Stairs Modified three point stance transferring weight btn crutches to stairs.
Exercise and Hypertension Low-to-moderate exercise most effective such as brisk walking or biking.
Exercise and COPD Pulmonary rehabilitation most effective.
Exercise and Diabetes Mellitus Important but must moniro glucose level befor and after and no injections in muscles they are to use. Perform low -moderate intensity and carry carbs.
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