| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Ambulation | Act of walking or being able to walk |
| Arthritis | inflammation of a joint or joints |
| Arthoscopy | Visualization of a joint and joint capsule through a lighted instrument |
| Assistive Device | Device such as canes, crutches, walkers or wheelchairs that helps a patient walk or move about freely |
| Cartilidge | Soft fibrous collagenous tissue which covers ends of bones at joint articulations, provides a smooth gliding surface for joint movement, shock absorber |
| Cast | bandage consisting of a firm covering (often made of plaster of Paris) that immobilizes broken bones while they heal |
| Cryotherapy | therapeutic use of cold |
| Dislocation | a displacement of a part (especially a bone) from its normal position (as in the shoulder or the vertebral column) |
| Fracture | break or crack; breaking of a bone |
| Massage | kneading and rubbing parts of the body to increase circulation and promote relaxation |
| Modality | a method of therapy that involves physical or electrical therapeutic treatment |
| Neurologist | a medical specialist in the nervous system and the disorders affecting it |
| Occupational Therapist | Medical professional who is responsible for assisting patients with basic motor function, reasoning and activities of daily livivg. |
| Orthopedist | a specialist in correcting deformities of bone and muscle. |
| Physiatrist | a specialist who diagnoses and treats diseases and disorders with physical therapy |
| Physical Therapist | therapist who treats injury or dysfunction with exercises and other physical treatments of the disorder |
| Physical therapy | therapy that uses physical agents: exercise and massage and other modalities |
| Prostheses | artificial part or body part |
| Range of Motion | Exercise designed to move a joint through it's full range of motion |
| Reduction | realignment of bone back into its original position following a break. |
| Rehabilitation | the treatment of physical disabilities by massage and electrotherapy and exercises |
| Splint | an orthopedic mechanical device used to immobilize and protect a part of the body (as a broken leg) |
| Sprain | injury to a ligament caused by joint trauma but without joint dislocation or fracture |
| Strain | (pull) injury of muscle or tendon caused by violent contraction, forced stretching, synergistic failure |
| Thermotherapy | the use of heat to treat a disease or disorder |
| Ultrasound | Sound waves used to generate heat in deep tissue of the body as a method of treatment for an injury or other condition of the muscle |
| Vasodilation | increase in the diameter of the blood vessels |
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