Rehab Terms

Question 1

Bradykinesia

Answer 1

Slowed motor movements

Question 2

Dysmetria

Answer 2

Decreased coordination of movements

Question 3

Rigidity

Answer 3

Muscle stiffness that impairs movement

Question 4

Festinating Gait

Answer 4

Small rapid steps resulting from a forward-tilted head and trunk posture.

Question 5

Muscle Atrophy

Answer 5

Decrease in the mass of a muscle.

Question 6

Isometric Exercises

Answer 6

Are muscle tightening exercises performed with no muscle joint movement. Their action is to increase circulation for healing and strengthening muscles with minimal joint irritation.

Question 7

Inschemia

Answer 7

An insufficient supply of blood to an organ, usually due to a blocked artery.

Question 8

Hemorrhage

Answer 8

An escape of blood from the vessel

Question 9

Thrombosis

Answer 9

Formation of a clot in the blood that blocks or partially blocks a blood vessel.

Question 10

Embolism

Answer 10

Is an obstruction in a blood vessel due to a blood clot.

Question 11

Unilateral Neglect

Answer 11

Failure to pay attention to one side of the body due to a lesion.

Question 12

Backward chaining

Answer 12

the therapist performs the first several steps of a task and the pt is able to complete the last step of the task

Question 13

Forward Chaining

Answer 13

Therapist encourages pt to complete the first step of the task while the therapist completes the rest of the task