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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| AAROM | show 🗑
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| Abn | show 🗑
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| ADLs | show 🗑
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| show | American Physical Therapy Association
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| show | Active Range of Motion;
Patient can independently move extremity through ROM
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| show | Assistance;
(also see A above) The amount of help a patient requires
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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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| show | With
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| CCU | show 🗑
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| CG or CGA | show 🗑
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| show | Complains of
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| D/C or d/c | show 🗑
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| show | Do not resuscitate
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| DOB | show 🗑
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| show | Diagnosis
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| show | Edge of the bed
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| show | Evaluation
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| show | Extension
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| show | Flexion
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| ft | show 🗑
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| f/u | show 🗑
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| show | Fracture
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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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| show | Maximal or maximum
(ex- maxA+2: means maximum assist with 2 people)
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| show | Minimal assistance;
requires patient to perform 75% and therapist 25% assistance
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| show | Moderate, (ex: ModA =level of assistance 50% patient & 50% therapist assists)
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| show | Motor Vehicle Accident
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| show | Negative
(Symbol more commonly used in therapy)
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| show | Nothing by mouth
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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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| OP | show 🗑
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| ͞p | show 🗑
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| ͞a | show 🗑
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| show | Plan;
denotes plan portion of the SOAP note
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| PLOF | show 🗑
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| PMH | show 🗑
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| show | Plan of care
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| show | After / following surgery
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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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| show | Physical Therapist assistant
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| ® | show 🗑
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| show | Repetitions
(example: 3x10 means 3 sets 10 reps each)
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| show | Right lower lobe; right lower extremity
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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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| show | Subjective,
(denotes the subjective portion of a SOAP note)
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| show | Skilled nursing facility
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| SOAP | show 🗑
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| show | shortness of breath
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| S/P or s/p | show 🗑
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| show | Immediately or right away!
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| STG | show 🗑
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| Sx or sx | show 🗑
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| tid | show 🗑
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| show | Three times in week or 3x/wk
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| tol. | show 🗑
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| tx | show 🗑
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| UE, UEs | show 🗑
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| VCs | show 🗑
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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 | Decrease(d) or down
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| ↔ → | show 🗑
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| show | Not equal
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| ∆ | show 🗑
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| show | Primary
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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 | Number
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| ♂ | show 🗑
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