Mobility Flashcards
which patients need an order for shower?
all patients
do you massage over boney prominence?
no
machine that checks for pedal pulse
doplar
folds under belly
pannus
type of muscle fibers attached to bones
straited
fibrous joints have
no movement
cartilaginous joints have
minimal movement
synovial joints have
allow normal movement
altered gait:
staggered and unsteady
ataxic
altered gait:
appears stiff; toes catch and drag like a stoke victim
spastic
altered gait:
one leg paralyzed; leg is swung around
hemiplegic
altered gait:
walking with feet wide apart like pregnant women
waddling
altered gait:
walking on toes as if being pushed like Parkinson’s
festinating
hypertrophy
bigger muscles
smaller muscles
atrophy
disuse of muscles causes
atrophy
foot drop is common in
stroke victims
when a joint becomes fixed it is
contracture
urine statis
urine sitting in bladder
spontaneous involuntary muscle twitching
chorea
movement characterized by slow irregular twisting
athetosis
twisting of large body parts
dystonia