Describe recreational therapy
~ It aims to reduce isolation by recovering basic motor functioning and reasoning,
build confidence and socialize effectively
Describe Physical therapy?
~ Expert on how the body function and move.
Promote health, treat impairment and movement, provide interventio...
✓✓✓✓~ Trace Strength_ able to activate muscle group, movement may or may not occur
2/5
✓✓✓✓~ Poor strength_ able to move with gravity eliminated or some movement against
gravity
3/5
✓✓✓✓~ Fair Strength_ able to move against gravity but cannot accept resistance to
movement
4/5
,✓✓✓✓~ Good strength_ able to move against gravity and accept some resistance
5/5
✓✓✓✓~ Normal Strength_ able to move against gravity and accept full resistance
ABDuction
✓✓✓✓~ Movement AWAY from middle line
A.D.
✓✓✓✓~ Assistive Device
ADDuction
✓✓✓✓~ Movement TOWARD the midline of the body
ADL
✓✓✓✓~ Activity of Daily Living
ALS
,✓✓✓✓~ Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis
AROM
✓✓✓✓~ Active range of motion
ASIA
✓✓✓✓~ American Spinal Cord Association
CAD
✓✓✓✓~ Coronary Artery Disease
COG
✓✓✓✓~ Center of gravity
COPD
✓✓✓✓~ chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
CVA
, ✓✓✓✓~ cerebrovascular accident (stroke)
CP
✓✓✓✓~ cerebral palsy
Distal
✓✓✓✓~ Away from the trunk ( hands, feet)
DM
✓✓✓✓~ Diabetes Mellitus
Dorsiflexion
✓✓✓✓~ Flexion of the ankle
DX
✓✓✓✓~ diagnosis
Extension
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