| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Exercise | purposeful physical activity, is beneficial to people of all ages |
| Fitness | the capacity to exercise |
| Body Composition | the amount of body tissue that is lean vs the amount that is fat |
| Vital Signs | temperature, pulse rate, respiratory rate, and blood pressure, reflect a person's physical status |
| Cardiac Ischemia | impaired blood flow to the heart |
| Therapeutic Exercise | activity performed by people with health risks or being treated for an existing health problem |
| Active Exercise | therapeutic activity that the client performs independently |
| Passive Exercise | therapeutic activity that the client performs with assistance and is provided when a client cannot move one or more parts of the body |
| Range of Motion (ROM) Exercise | therapeutic activities that move the joints |
| Why is ROM Performed | (1)assess joint flecibility before initiating an exercise program, (2)maintain joint mobility and flexibility in inactive clients, (3)to prevent ankylosis, (4)stretch joints before performing more strenuous activities, (5)evaluate the client's response to a therapeutic exercise program |
| Ankylosis | permanent loss of joint movement |
| Flexion | bending to decrease the angle between two adjoining bones |
| Extension | straightening to increase the angle between two adjoining bones |
| Hyperextension | increasing the angle between two adjoining bones more than 180 degrees |
| Abduction | moving away from the midline |
| Adduction | moving toward the midline |
| Rotation | turning from side to side as in an arc |
| External Rotation | turning outward, away from the midline of the body |
| Internal Rotation | turning inward, toward the midline of the body |
| Circumduction | forming a circle |
| Pronation | turning downward |
| Supination | turning inward |
| Plantar Flexion | bending toward the sole of the foot |
| Dorsiflexion | bending the foot toward the dorsum or anterior side |
| Inversion | turning the soles of the foot toward the midline |
| Eversion | turning the sold of the foot away from the midline |
| Nursing Diagnosis for a client w/impaired mobility | (1)impaired physical mibility, (2)risk for disuse syndrome, (3)unilateral neglect, (4)risk for delayed surgical recovery, (5)activity intolerance |
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