Unit 5

Question 1

the state or quality of being movable or mobile

Answer 1

mobility

Question 2

an inability to move

Answer 2

immobility

Question 3

a limitation in physical movement without being immobile

Answer 3

impaired physical mobility

Question 4

a loss of physical fitness

Answer 4

deconditioned

Question 5

the scope of mobility

Answer 5

full mobility to partial mobility to complete immobility

Question 6

are mobility and immobility mutually exclusive?

Answer 6

no

Question 7

the three roles of the skeleton r/t mobility

Answer 7

structural foundation for movement, support and protection, attachment sites for muscles and ligaments

Question 8

the role of joints r/t mobility

Answer 8

provides stability to bones and allows skeletal movement

Question 9

three classification of joints:
1. synarthrosis
2. amphiarthrosis
3. diarthrosis

Answer 9

1. non-movable
2. slightly movable
3. freely movable

Question 10

age-related changes in older adults r/t mobility

Answer 10

thinning vertebral disks, shortening of the spinal column, decreased bone density, rigid and fragile cartilage, loss of muscle mass and tone, ligaments lose resilience and elasticity, onset of kyphosis

Question 11

what are the conditions that specifically lead to mobility impairment?

Answer 11

neurologic, musculoskeletal, or both (neuromuscular)

Question 12

what does immobilization in children interfere with?

Answer 12

intellectual and psychomotor functions

Question 13

population risk for mobility

Answer 13

everyone regardless of age, race, ethnicity, or socioeconomic status