Balance and Coordination Flashcards
What is a direct way to prevent falls?
- ensure patient is safe during treatment
- teaching patients to recover from trip/fall
What is an indirect way to prevent falls?
- make patients homes safer (reduce tripping hazards, shower grab bars, stair railings, better lighting)
The ability to control equilibrium is known as…..
balance
A state of zero acceleration where there is no change in the speed or direction of the body is known as…..
equilibrium
When the body is at rest or completely motionless is known as…..
STATIC equilibrium
When all the applied and internal forces acting on the moving body are in balance, resulting in movement with unchanging speed and direction is known as…..
DYNAMIC equilibrium
The resistance to a change in the body’s acceleration, or the resistance to a disturbance of the body’s equilibrium is known as…..
stability
Stability can be enhanced by determining the body’s ________ and changing its position appropriately
center of gravity
a constant downward force is known as…..
gravity
Location of the COG depends on…..
1) proportion of the body parts
2) distribution of fat and muscle mass
3) posture
4) structural deformities
5) external forces
In upright standing, the COG is a point on the midline, just anterior to…….
the second sacral vertebra
gravity’s action line which is visualized as a vertical line projecting downwards from the center of gravity
line of gravity
the supporting area beneath the body
base of support
The larger the base of the support, the more _____
balance
What system contributes to balance?
vestibular
