Rasmussen Questions And Answers

What factors affect mobility? - Developmental age, nutritional status, lifestyle choices, stress, environment, and diseases. What are some diseases that affect mobility? - Rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis, osteoporosis, ankylosing spondylitis, gout, osteoporosis, osteomyelitis, and bone tumors. What is Rheumatoid Arthritis and some clinical manifestations? Most frequent in? - It is systemic autoimmune disease causing chronic inflammation of the joints and connective tissue. C/S: Causes pain, deformities, fever, fatigue, weakness, weight loss and loss of function. Most frequent in mid-life age and females. What is osteoarthritis and some clinical manifestations? Most frequent in? - Loss of articular cartilage in the joint. C/S: · Causes pain, stiffness, crepitus, aggravated weight-bearing and joint use. Most frequent in females. What is Ankylosing Spondylitis? - Chronic inflammatory joint disease that causes stiffens and fusion of the spine and sacroiliac joints What is Gout? - Inflammatory response to high-levels of uric acid. Forms tophi (white nodules) in the synovial fluid. What is Osteoporosis? Most Common in? Best Treatment? - Decrease in total bone density when osteoclast activity is higher than osteoblast.