Client Factors-Body Functions Flashcards
Level of Arousal/Consciousness
DEMONSTRATING ALERTNESS AND RESPONSIVENESS TO STIMULI. (State of being aware of internal and external stimuli.) Are they aware of you?
Responds to questions correctly?
Eye contact? Hard of hearing?
Different language, sedated?
Orientation
Identifying person, place, time and situation.
Attention Span
Focusing on a task over time without distraction. Crucial for goal achievement.
Initiation and Termination of Activity
Being able to initiate and terminate a task within given parameters, and being able to identify that the task is complete, or the need to start something.
Memory
Recalling information after a brief or long period of time. The mental process that involves registration and encoding, consolidation and storage, and recall/retrieval of information.
Sequencing
Performs steps in an effective or logical order for efficient use of time and energy. Absence of randomness in the ordering and/or inappropriate repetition of steps.
Categorization
Identifying similarities of and differences among pieces of environmental information; ability to classify; to describe by naming or labeling.
Concept Formation
Organizing a variety of information to form thoughts and ideas.
Learning
Acquiring new concepts and behaviors. Enduring ability of an individual to comprehend and/or competently respond to changes in information from the environment and/or from within the self. As one learns about the environment, alterations occur in the definition of the self and possible behaviors.
Generalization
Applying previously learned concepts and behaviors to a variety of new situations, skills and performance in applying specific concepts to a variety of related solutions.
High Order Reasoning Skills
(Analyze, draw conclusion, solve a problem, predict an outcome, reason, evaluate)
Critical thinking - executive function skills.
Emotional Stability/Social Conduct
Strategies that focus on managing the emotions associated with a stressful episode/interaction by using manners, personal space, eye contact, gestures, active listening, or self expression appropriate to one’s environment.
Motivation
Individual drives toward the mastery of certain goals and skills; may be intrinsic or involve inducements and incentives.
Impulse Control/Self Control
Ability to act with planning and reflection. Modifying one’s behavior in response to environmental needs, demands, constraints, personal aspirations and feedback from others.
Visual Perception
Eyesight/vision. Interpreting stimuli through the eyes, including peripheral vision and acuity, and awareness of color and pattern.
Depth Perception
3D
Ability to determine the relative distance between self and objects and figures observed.
Figure Ground Perception
2D
Cognitive ability to separate elements based on contrast. Differentiating between the foreground and background forms and objects. Ability to distinguish shapes and objects from the background in which they exist.
Auditory
Interpreting and localizing sounds, and discriminating background sounds. Pertaining to the sense organs of hearing.
Gustatory
Interpreting tastes.
Olfactory
Interpreting odors/sense of smell.
Voice and Speech
Speaking
Stereognosis
Identifying objects through proprioception, cognition and the sense of touch; ability to identify sizes, shapes and weights of familiar objects without use of vision.
Proprioception
Unconscious awareness of body in space. Awareness of posture, movement and changes in equilibrium. Knowledge of position, weight and resistance in relation to body.
Like a mechanical goniometer in the knee with no feedback from muscle pressure, it simply needs angles and pressure and sends information to the brain.
Kinesthesia
Conscious awareness of body in space. Identifying the excursion and direction of joint movement; sense of position, weight and movement in space. The receptors for kinesthesia are located in the muscles, tendons and joints.
Brain processes information from proprioceptors and sends message to muscles to adjust as needed. Ex: breaking your fall.
Pain Response
Ability to respond to pain (Unpleasant sensory experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage).
R-L Discrimination
Knowing left from right.
Form Constancy
Recognizing forms and objects as the same in various environments, positions and sizes.
Spatial Awareness
Ability to see two or more objects in relation to each other and oneself.
Position in Space
Perceptual ability that helps understand directional language concepts like in, out, up, down, in front of, behind, between, left and right.
Children who reverse letters (ie: b and d) have difficulty perceiving position in space.
Topographical Orientation
Determining location of objects and settings, and the route to the location.
Range of Motion
Path of motion a joint can move in any one direction measured in degrees.
Muscle Tone
Demonstrating degree of tension or resistance in a muscle at rest and in response to stretch.
Strength
The force generated by a single maximal isometric contraction. Maximum force. No joint movement involved/little muscle lengthening.
Endurance
Sustaining cardiac, pulmonary and musculoskeletal exertion over time; ability to sustain effort over time.
Postural Control
Using right and equilibrium adjustments to maintain balance during functional movement.
Postural Alignment
Maintaining biomechanical integrity among body parts; Proper alignment if joints were not there.
Soft Tissue Integrity
Maintaining anatomical and physiological condition of interstitial tissue and skin.
Gross Coordination
Using large muscle groups for controlled, goal-directed movement.
Fine Coordination/Dexterity
Using small muscle groups for controlled movements, particularly in object manipulation.
Crossing the Midline
Moving limbs and eyes across the midsagittal plane of the body.
Laterality
Using one, preferred side or unilateral body part for activities requiring a high level of skill.
Bilateral Integration
Using both sides together. Ability to perform purposeful movement that requires interaction between both sides of the body in a smooth, refined manner.
Motor Control/Motor Plan (Praxis)
Ability to organize and execute movement patterns to accomplish a purposeful activity. Organization of temporal sequences of actions within the spatial contact which form meaningful occupations.
