Correct & Verified Answers.
How do you work with Pts. with weakness on one-side? - Answer>>>:
By having them use their dominate side first for their maxium strength
Physical changes in infants - Answer>>>: birth wt dbls @ 5mos, triples @
12 mos. grows 1in during each of the 1st 6mos, and then 1/2 in each month until
12 mos. Vision/hearing cont to develops, visual/auditory linking, body function
stablize/ feeding, sleeping, elemination.
Startle reflex,grasping,rooting, sucking disappear after several mos, 4 mos have
no head lag
Physical changes in toddlers - Answer>>>: grows 2.5 in per yr, 5-7 lbs per
yr/ motor skills allows self care. navigate stairs, running, jumping standing,
kicking ball. Fine motor skills allow scribbling, drawing circles, crosses, stick
people, stack tower of blocks, hold crayons w/ fingers, can do verticle/horizontal
strokes. drink from cup w/o spilling, turn pages of book/doorknobs
Physical changes in preschoolers - Answer>>>: Gain 5 lb per yr, 2 1/2 -3
in per yr, elongation of legs, toilet trained, fine/lrg muscle coordination
improves, skip, jump rope, swim.skate. fine muscle skills/eye-hand coordination,
copy crosses, /squares/triangles/diamonds
physical changes in school-age children - Answer>>>: growth rate
slow/consistant, appears slimmer grows 2in per yr,wt increases 4-7 lb per yr.,
more graceful, lrg muscle coordination/fine motor skills improves, posture is
more erect, eye shape alters becasue of skeletal change/which changes visiual
acuity
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By 6 hold pencil,print letters/words
By 12 able to make detailed drawings/write sentences in script.
Physical changes in adolescents - Answer>>>: skeletal & muscle growth
puberty, Shoulder/hip width,
distribution of fat/muscle,
development of reproductive system
2ndry sex characteristics.
Physical changes in young adults - Answer>>>: growth ceases by 20.Tend
to ignore physical sysmptoms
Physical changes in middle adults - Answer>>>: 40-65 y/o graying of hair,
wrinkles, thickening of the waist.Decreases in hearing/vision, menopause in
women/climactic in men
Physical changes in Older adults - Answer>>>: Body goes to hell in a
hand-basket!
facial wrinkles, gray hair, loss of body mass in arms increased body mass in
trunk.
skin looses elasticity, spots/lesions/pre/malignant
loss of subcutaneous fat, facial features appear asymentrical*loss of teeth*
vocal/vision/hearing/salivary changes
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