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26 Cards in this Set
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Good health encompasses what three areas? |
Physical, mental, and social health |
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What should we as PTAs do to teach someone in good health? |
Prevention |
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What should we as PTAs teach someone in poor health? |
To be as functional as possible |
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Three levels of disease prevention |
Primary Secondary Tertiary |
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Primary prevention |
Removing risk factors. Initial actions such as vaccinations, eating healthy, not smoking, wearing a bike helmet. |
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Secondary prevention |
Early detection and treatment. Ex: fall risk assessment |
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Tertiary prevention |
Limiting impact of established diseases Ex: chemo, spinal cord injury |
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Pathology |
Study/process of disease |
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Etiology |
Cause of disease |
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Pathogenesis |
Progression of disease |
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Acute illness |
Rapid onset, short duration |
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Sub-acute illness |
Lasts longer than acute, not chronic |
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Chronic illness |
Several months or years. Fluctuates in intensity |
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Congenital disease |
Born with it |
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Hereditary disease |
May not show at birth. (High cholesterol) |
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Inflammatory disease |
RA, infection |
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Degenerative disease |
OA, arterial sclerosis |
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Metabolic disease |
Diabetes, thyroid |
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Neoplastic disease |
Abnormal formation of new tissue |
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Symptoms are ______ and signs are ______. |
Subjective Objective |
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Asymptomatic |
No symptoms. Early stage of disease can be asymptomatic |
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Idiopathic |
Don't know what caused the disease |
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Iatrogenic |
Caused by medical treatment |
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Falls screening tests |
TUG, BBS, & FR Timed up and go, Berg balance scale, functional reach |
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Describe the ICF model |
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When is a good time to suggest additional imaging? |
When progress is not being made and further injury is suspected. (Fractures) |
