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| the type and amount of exercise or work that a person is able to perform |
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| Antropometric measurements |
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| measures of height, weight, and skinfold thickness |
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| an intervention that restricts patients to bed for therapeutic reasons |
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| individuals center of gravity is stable |
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| the coordinated efforts of the musculoskeletal and nervous systems |
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| Chest physiotherapy (CPT) |
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| percussion and positioning |
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| increased muscle contraction causes muscle shortening, resulting in movement such as when a patient uses an overhead trapeze to pull up in bed |
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| bone tissue is less dense or atrophied |
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| helps control the speed and direction of movement |
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| a dislodged venous thrombus |
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| physical activity for conditioning the body, improving health, and maintaining fitness |
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| the foot is permanently fixed in the plantar flexion |
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| the force that occurs in a direction to oppose movement |
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| A particular manner or style of walking |
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| inflammation of the lung from stasis or pooling of secretions |
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| Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL's) |
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| activities that are necessary to be independent in society beyond eating, grooming, transferring, and toileting and include skills such as shopping, preparing meals, banking, and taking medications |
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| necessary for active movement |
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| an abnormal and possibly permanent condition characterized by fixation of the joint |
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| an inducing or compelling force and occurs when specific bones such as the humerus, ulna, and radius and the associated joint such as the elbow act together as a lever |
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| normal state of balanced muscle tension |
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| Negative nitrogen balance |
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| excretes more nitrogen than it ingests |
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| an increase in heart rate of more than 15% and drop of 15mm Hg or more in stystolic blood pressure or a drop of 10mm Hg or more in diastolic blood pressure when the patient changes from supine to standing position |
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| caused by weakened bone tissue |
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| the position of the body in relation to the surrounding space |
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| an impairment of the skin as a result of prolonged ischemia in tissues |
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| the maximum amount of movement available at a joint in one of the 3 planes of the body: sagittal, transverse, or frontal |
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| calcium stones that lodge in the renal pelvis or pass through the ureters |
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| the force that exerted against the skin while the skin remains stationary and the bony structures move |
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| an accumulation of platlets, fibrin, clotting factors, and the cellular elements of the blood attached to the interior wall of a vein or artery |
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| a triangular device that hangs down from a securely fastened overhead bar that is attached to the bed frame |
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| prevents external rotation of the hips when the patient is in the supine position |
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| renal pelvis fills before urine enters the ureters |
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