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Chapter 23 & 24
Mobility, Exercise and Activity
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Atrophy | A decrease in size or wasting away tissue |
| Base of Support | The area on which an object rest. If the base of support is adequate, this will prevent the object from tipping. |
| Bed Cradle | Is a metal frame placed around the bed and over the client |
| Body Alignment | (Posture)The way the body parts are positioned |
| Body mechanics | The movement of the body |
| Boney Prominences | Area on the body where the underlying bone seems to "stick out" ei: shoulder blades, elbow |
| Centre of gravity | The horizontal mid-point of a person's body |
| Contracture | The lack of joint mobility caused by abnormal shortening of a muscle |
| Dangling | Hanging |
| Decubitis Ulcer | Pressure Ulcer - any injury caused by unrelieved pressure |
| Edema | Swelling in the tissue caused by an accumulation of fluid |
| Friction | The rubbing of one surface against another |
| Infraction | The death of part or the whole of an organ that occurs when the artery carrying blood supply is obstructed |
| Immobilized | The procedure of making a normally movable part of the body, such as a joint diseased |
| Kyphosis | Curvature of spine |
| Paralysis | Loss of muscle function |
| Prosthesis | Artificial Limb |
| Scoliosis | Sideways deviation of the spine |
| Sprain | Injury to alignment over stretching |
| Strain | Excessive use of a muscle |
| Abduction | Moving a body part away from the midline of the body |
| Adduction | Moving a body part toward the midline of the body |
| Ambulation | The act of walking |
| Brace | (Orthosis)An apparatus worn to support or align weak body parts |
| Deconditioning | The loss of muscle strength from inactivity |
| Dorsiflexion | Bending the toes and foot up at the ankle |
| Extension | Straitening a body part |
| External Rotation | Turing the joint outwards |
| Flexion | Bending a body part |
| Footdrop | (Plantar Flexion) the foot falls down at the ankle |
| Hyperextension | Excessive straightening of a body part |
| Internal Rotation | Turning the joint inward |
| Muscle Atrophy | A decrease in size or a waste away of muscle |
| Orthosis | A brace |
| Orthostatic Hypotension | (Postural Hypotension)A drop in blood pressure when the client stands up |
| Plantar Flexion | The foot is bent with toes pointed away from the legs |
| Pronation | Turning downward |
| Range of Motion | (ROM) moving a joint to the extent possible without causing pain |
| Rotation | Turing the joint |
| Supination | Turning upward |
| Syncope | A brief loss of consciousness; fainting |
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