Abbreviations / Terminology relating to PTA
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| show | Assessment;
denotes Assessment portion of a SOAP note
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| show | Assist
(type of assistance required; example: MinA or Min+A)
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| show | Active Assisted Range of Motion
(Assisting a patient’s extremity through ROM)
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| Abn | show 🗑
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| show | Activities of Daily Living
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| APTA | show 🗑
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| show | Active Range of Motion;
Patient can independently move extremity through ROM
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| Assist | show 🗑
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| show | Bilateral or both
(Bil. Also acceptable but not preferred)
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| Bid | show 🗑
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| biw | show 🗑
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| B/S or BS | show 🗑
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| ͞c | show 🗑
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| CCU | show 🗑
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| show | Contact Guard
(having 1or 2 hands on patient but provide assistance as needed)
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| c/o | show 🗑
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| show | Discharged or discontinued
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| DNR | show 🗑
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| show | Date of birth
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| Dx | show 🗑
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| show | Edge of the bed
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| Eval | show 🗑
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| show | Exercise
(commonly seen as TherEx=Therapeutic Exercise)
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| ext or / | show 🗑
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| flex or √ | show 🗑
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| show | Feet or foot (measure)
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| show | Follow up
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| fx | show 🗑
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| gt | show 🗑
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| HEP | show 🗑
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| HHA | show 🗑
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| show | History
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| (I) | show 🗑
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| show | Inpatient (or when referring to the hand it is the Interphalangeal joint, IP jt)
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| LTG | show 🗑
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| Max or max | show 🗑
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| Min or min | show 🗑
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| show | Moderate, (ex: ModA =level of assistance 50% patient & 50% therapist assists)
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| MVA | show 🗑
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| show | Negative
(Symbol more commonly used in therapy)
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| NPO | show 🗑
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| NWB | show 🗑
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| O: | show 🗑
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| show | Oxygen; or Oxygen saturation level measured by pulse oxsymetry
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| OOB | show 🗑
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| show | Out patient
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| show | Following, after
{ rememeber p as in posterior }
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| ͞a | show 🗑
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| P: | show 🗑
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| PLOF | show 🗑
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| show | Past medical history
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| POC | show 🗑
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| post op | show 🗑
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| show | Progressive resistive exercises
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| PT | show 🗑
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| Pt. or pt. | show 🗑
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| PTA | show 🗑
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| show | Right
{ left is the the same with L }
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| reps | show 🗑
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| ®LL; ® LE | show 🗑
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| R/O | show 🗑
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| show | Range of motion
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| Rx | show 🗑
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| show | without
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| S | show 🗑
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| S: | show 🗑
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| SNF | show 🗑
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| show | Subjective, objective, assessment, plan- a form of documentation of treatment
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| SOB | show 🗑
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| show | Status post;
(means following= usually used “following surgery”)
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| show | Immediately or right away!
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| show | Short term goal
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| show | Symptoms
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| tid | show 🗑
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| show | Three times in week or 3x/wk
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| show | Tolerate or tolerated
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| tx | show 🗑
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| UE, UEs | show 🗑
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| show | Verbal cues;
means using words to instruct or correct patient (pt needs VCs 50% to..)
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| show | Verbal order
(Dr's order)
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| show | wheelchair
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| show | Times
(example 3X10 means 3 sets of 10 reps)
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| show | Increase(d) or up; up and down (example: pt able to go ↨ stairs)
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| ↓ | show 🗑
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| ↔ → | show 🗑
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| ≠ | show 🗑
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| ∆ | show 🗑
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| 1° | show 🗑
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| 2° | show 🗑
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| show | Positive or plus (example: +MRI for ACL tear)
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| show | Negative or minus (example: -MRI R/O ACL tear)
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| # | show 🗑
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| show | Male
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| ♀ | show 🗑
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