Mobility, Exercise and Activity
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| Atrophy | A decrease in size or wasting away tissue
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| Base of Support | The area on which an object rest. If the base of support is adequate, this will prevent the object from tipping.
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| Bed Cradle | Is a metal frame placed around the bed and over the client
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| Body Alignment | (Posture)The way the body parts are positioned
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| Body mechanics | The movement of the body
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| Boney Prominences | Area on the body where the underlying bone seems to "stick out" ei: shoulder blades, elbow
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| Centre of gravity | The horizontal mid-point of a person's body
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| Contracture | The lack of joint mobility caused by abnormal shortening of a muscle
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| Dangling | Hanging
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| Decubitis Ulcer | Pressure Ulcer - any injury caused by unrelieved pressure
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| Edema | Swelling in the tissue caused by an accumulation of fluid
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| Friction | The rubbing of one surface against another
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| Infraction | The death of part or the whole of an organ that occurs when the artery carrying blood supply is obstructed
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| Immobilized | The procedure of making a normally movable part of the body, such as a joint diseased
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| Kyphosis | Curvature of spine
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| Paralysis | Loss of muscle function
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| Prosthesis | Artificial Limb
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| Scoliosis | Sideways deviation of the spine
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| Sprain | Injury to alignment over stretching
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| Strain | Excessive use of a muscle
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| Abduction | Moving a body part away from the midline of the body
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| Adduction | Moving a body part toward the midline of the body
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| Ambulation | The act of walking
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| Brace | (Orthosis)An apparatus worn to support or align weak body parts
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| Deconditioning | The loss of muscle strength from inactivity
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| Dorsiflexion | Bending the toes and foot up at the ankle
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| Extension | Straitening a body part
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| External Rotation | Turing the joint outwards
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| Flexion | Bending a body part
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| Footdrop | (Plantar Flexion) the foot falls down at the ankle
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| Hyperextension | Excessive straightening of a body part
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| Internal Rotation | Turning the joint inward
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| Muscle Atrophy | A decrease in size or a waste away of muscle
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| Orthosis | A brace
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| Orthostatic Hypotension | (Postural Hypotension)A drop in blood pressure when the client stands up
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| Plantar Flexion | The foot is bent with toes pointed away from the legs
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| Pronation | Turning downward
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| Range of Motion | (ROM) moving a joint to the extent possible without causing pain
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| Rotation | Turing the joint
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| Supination | Turning upward
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| Syncope | A brief loss of consciousness; fainting
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