Unit 9: Rehabilitation and Restorative Care

Question 1

care that is given by specialists to help restore or improve function after an illness or injury.

Answer 1

rehabilitation

Question 2

care given after rehabilitation to maintain a person’s function, improve his quality of life and increase his independence.

Answer 2

restorative care

Question 3

walking.

Answer 3

ambulation

Question 4

capable of walking.

Answer 4

ambulatory

Question 5

special equipment that helps a person who is ill or disabled to perform activities of daily living.

Answer 5

assistive/adaptive devices

Question 6

the surgical removal of some or all of a body part, usually a hand, arm, leg, or foot.

Answer 6

amputation

Question 7

warmth, itching, or tingling in a body part that has been amputated.

Answer 7

phantom sensation

Question 8

pain in a limb (or extremity) that has been amputated.

Answer 8

phantom limb pain

Question 9

a device that replaces a body part that is missing or deformed because of an accident, injury, illness, or birth defect; used to improve a person’s ability to function and/or to improve appearance.

Answer 9

prosthesis

Question 10

exercises that put a joint through its full arc of motion.

Answer 10

range of motion (ROM)

Question 11

moving a body part away from the midline of the body.

Answer 11

abduction

Question 12

moving a body part toward the midline of the body.

Answer 12

adduction

Question 13

bending backward.

Answer 13

dorsiflexion

Question 14

turning a joint.

Answer 14

Rotation

Question 15

straightening a body part.

Answer 15

extension

Question 16

bending a body part.

Answer 16

flexion

Question 17

turning downward.

Answer 17

pronation

Question 18

turning upward.

Answer 18

supination

Question 19

touching the thumb to any other finger.

Answer 19

opposition