Chap. 9 Flashcards
Rehabilitation
Care that is given by specialists to help restore or improve function after an illness or injury
Restorative care
Care given after rehabilitation to maintain a person’s function, improve his quality of life, and increase his independence
Ambulation
Walking
Ambulatory
Capable of walking
Adaptive assistive devices
Special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to perform activities of daily living
Amputation
Surgical removal of some or all of a body part
Phantom sensation
Warmth, itching, or tingling in a body part that has been amputated
Phantom limb pain
Pain in a limb that has been amputated
Prosthesis
A device that replaces a body part that is missing or deformed because of an accident, injury, illness, or birth defect
Range of motion (ROM)
Exercises that put a joint through its full arc of motion
Abduction
Moving a body part away from the midline of the body
Adduction
Moving a body part toward the midline of the body
Extension
Straightening a body part
Flexion
Bending a body part
Dorsiflexion
Bending backward