| A | B |
|---|
| Mobility | person's ability to move about freely |
| Immobility | person's inability to move about freely |
| Atrophy | wasting or decreasing in size of a part of the body |
| Contractures | condition of joint characterized by flexion and shortening of muscle fibers |
| ROM | range of motion |
| Active range-of-motion | exercises the client is able to perfom independently |
| Passive range-of-motion | exercises performed for the client by someone else |
| Abduction | movement of an extremity away from the midline of the body |
| Adduction | movement of an extremity toward midline of the body |
| Dorsal | pertaining to the back or posterior |
| Dorsiflexion | flexion toward the back surface,(e.g. foot) |
| Eversion | turning outward. i.e. turning the foot outward at the ankle |
| Extension | movement increasing the angle between two adjoining bones |
| External Rotation | Rotation of a joint outward |
| Flexion movement | decreasing the angle between two adjoining bones; bending of a limb |
| Footboard | used to maintain dorsiflexion of the feet |
| Hyperextension | movement of the body part beyond its normal resting extended body position |
| Internal rotation | rotation of a joint inward |
| Inversion | turning something inward |
| Isometric exercise | tightening or tensing of muscles without moving body parts |
| Plantar flexion | flexion of the foot and toes toward the sole |
| Pronation | movement of a body part so the front or ventral surface faces downward |
| Rotation | movement of a bone around its central axis, such as a shoulder |
| Supination | movement of a body part so the front or ventral surface faces upward |
| Supine | client positioned on his back |
| Prone | client positioned on his front (abdomen) |
| Lateral | Client positioned on his side |
| Fowlers | Client sitting up at greater than 60 degree angle |
| Semi Fowlers | Client sitting up at angle between 30-60 degrees |
