Ch. 37 Activity And Exercise

Front 1

The application of kinesiology to the use of proper body movement in daily activities, to the prevention and correction of problems associated with posture, and to the enhancement of coordination and endurance.

Back 1

Body Mechanics

Front 2

physical activity that is planned, structured, and repetitive for the purpose of conditioning any part of the body. Exercise is utilized to improve health, maintain fitness and is important as a means of physical rehabilitation.

Back 2

Exercise

Front 3

A position of the body or of body parts.

Back 3

Posture

Front 4

the activities usually performed in the course of a normal day in a person's life, such as eating, toileting, dressing, bathing, or brushing the teeth.

Back 4

Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)

Front 5

the normal state of balanced tension in the tissues of the body, especially the muscles

Back 5

Muscle Tone

Front 6

The point in or near a body at which the gravitational potential energy of the body is equal to that of a single particle of the same mass located at that point and through which the resultant of the gravitational forces on the component particles of the body acts.

Back 6

Center of Gravity

Front 7

A force that occurs in a direction to oppose movement.

Back 7

Friction

Front 8

The kind and amount of exercise or activity that a person is able to perform.

Back 8

Activity tolerance

Front 9

muscle contraction without appreciable change in the force of contraction; the distance between the muscle's origin and insertion becomes lessened.

Back 9

Isotonic contraction

Front 10

muscle contraction without appreciable shortening or change in distance between its origin and insertion.

Back 10

Isometric contraction

Front 11

a board or open box placed at the end of a patient's bed and at a level above the top of the mattress to prevent the weight of the top sheet and blankets from resting on the feet. It is situated so that the soles of the feet are positioned firmly against the board with the legs at right angles to it. Its purposes are to help the bedridden patient retain normal posture and prevent footdrop.

Back 11

Footboard

Front 12

Articulation; connection between bones

Back 12

Joint

Front 13

Joints that fit closely together and are fixed, permitting little, if any, movement such as the syndesmosis between the tibia and fibula.

Back 13

Fibrous joint

Front 14

Joints that have little movement but are elastic and use cartilage to unite seperate body surfaces such as the synchondrosis that attaches the ribs to the costal cartilage.

Back 14

Cartilaginous joints

Front 15

True joints; freely movable and are the most mobile, numerous, and anatomically complex of the body's joints, such as the hinge type at the elbow

Back 15

Synovial Joints