Activity, Rest, Sleep & Comfort

The correction or prevention of disorders of body structures in locomotion.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common joint disorder. Symptoms: Pain and stiffness in the joints are the most common symptoms.

A type seen in the weak or elderly, due to excessive lying on the back.

Permanently contracted state of a muscle.

Condition characterized by loss of calcium from one tissue.

A spasmodic twitching movement made involuntarily by muscles that are ordinarily under voluntary control.

Complete extent of movement of which a joint is normally capable.

Slight paralysis or weakness affecting one side of the body.

Paralysis of the legs.

Emergency medicine A popular term for the moving of a Pt–as if rolling a log–without allowing lateral movement of the head and neck, usually to a board or other flat rigid device

Lateral movement of the body part away from the midline of the body.

The lowering or descending of the inner edge of the foot by turning the entire foot outwards.

A turning outward, as of the eyelid.

Medial rotation The act of turning about an axis passing through the center of the leg, which occurs with closed chain pronation; the talus acts as an extension of the leg in the frontal and transverse planes.

The patient lies either on his or her back or sits with legs straight and in contact with the bed. The patient is then asked to tighten the buttocks in a pinching manner and hold the isometric contraction for 5 seconds, relax 5 seconds. The exercise is repeated 20 repetitions, 2 times a day.