HA Flashcards
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It is an Involuntary trembling
Tremor
individual attempts a voluntary movement
Intention Tremor
Client is at rest and diminishes with activity
resting tremor
Abnormal contraction that appears as a twitch
Fasciculation
Decrease in size of the muscle
Atrophy
Increase in size of the muscle
Hypertrophy
Moving away from midline
Abduction
Moving toward midline
Adduction
Circular Motion
Circumduction
Moving inward
Inversion
Moving outward
Eversion
Straightening the extremity
Extension
Joint bends greater than 180 degrees
Hyperextension
Bending the extremity
Flexion
Toes moved upward
Dorsiflexion
Toes moved away
Plantar Flexion
Facing downward
Pronation
Facing upward
Supination
Moving forward
Protraction
Moving backward
Retraction
Turning of bone
Rotation
Turning of bone toward the center of the body
Internal Rotation
Turning of bone away from the center of the body
External Rotation
Weakness or laxness of bones
Flaccidity