| 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 | abnormal condition of joint characterized by flexion and shortening of muscle fibers or loss of normal elasticity of skin |
| ROM | range of motion |
| active range-of-motion | exercises the client is able to perfom independently |
| passive range-of-motion exercises | exercises are performed for the client by someone else |
| active assisted range-of-motion | performed by a client with some assistance |
| abduction | movement of an extremity away from the midline of the body |
| adduction | movement of an extremity toward midline of the body |
| dangling | sit on the side of a bed with legs dependent or feet on the floor |
| DVT | deep vein thrombosis |
| Dorsal | pertaining to the back or posterior |
| Dorsiflexion | flexion toward the back, as accomplished by a muscle(e.g. hand or foot) |
| Eversion | turning outward or inside out. 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 |
| lateral flexion | a range of joint motin exercise during which the head is tilted as far as possible toward each shoulder, maintains neck mobility |
| opposition | the relation between the thumb and the other digits of the hand for the purpose of grasping objects between the thumb and fingers |
| 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 |
| radial flexion | a range of motion exercise during which there is a bending of the wrist medially toward the thumb, maintains wrist mobility |
| rotation | the 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 |
| Thrombus | Clot |
| Ulnar flexion | a range of motion exercise during which there is a lateral bending of the wrist toward the fifth finger. |
