(Rehabilitation and Restorative Care) Questions &
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rehabilitation
care that is managed by professionals to restore a person to the highest possible level of functioning
after an illness or injury
restorative care
works to maintain a resident's functioning, to improve his quality of life, and to increase independence
range of motion exercises
The exercises designed to prevent contractures and loss of motion and function in the joints
active range of motion exercises
movements carried out by the resident without help
passive range of motion
the process of putting a joint through its full extent of movement by someone other than the patient
abduction
Movement of a body part away from the midline of the body
adduction
Movement of a body part toward the midline of the body
extension
Straightening a body part
flexion
Bending a body part
dorsiflexion
bending backward
rotation
turning the joint
pronation
turning the palm downward