Common Physical Therapy Abbreviations
Active Assistive Range of Motion - ✔✔AAROM
Abduction - ✔✔ABD
Adduction - ✔✔ADD
assist - ✔✔(A)
assistive device - ✔✔AD
ambulate, ambulated - ✔✔Amb.
Anterior - ✔✔Ant
before - ✔✔ā
abduction - ✔✔abd.
anterior cruciate ligament - ✔✔ACL
activities of daily living - ✔✔ADL's
adduction - ✔✔Add.
ankle foot orthosis - ✔✔AFO
at - ✔✔@
above the knee amputee - ✔✔AKA
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis - ✔✔ALS
ambulate - ✔✔amb
,appointment - ✔✔Appt.
active range of motion - ✔✔AROM
As tolerated - ✔✔As tol
Anterior Posterior - ✔✔A/P
Bilateral - ✔✔(B) or B/L
Biomechanical Ankle Platform System - ✔✔BAPS
bed mobility - ✔✔bed mob.
back - ✔✔bk
below knee amputation - ✔✔BKA
Twice a day - ✔✔BID
bi-weekly, twice weekly - ✔✔BIW
Base of support - ✔✔BOS
Blood pressure - ✔✔BP
Backward - ✔✔Bwd
Cancer - ✔✔CA
cervical - ✔✔cerv. or Cx
Chief Complaint - ✔✔CC
, Cystic Fibrosis - ✔✔CF
Contact Guard Assist - ✔✔CGA
Congestive Heart Failure - ✔✔CHF
closed head injury - ✔✔CHI
continue - ✔✔Cont.
certified occupation therapy assistant - ✔✔COTA
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease - ✔✔COPD
Complains of - ✔✔C/o
Center of gravity - ✔✔COG
cerebral palsy - ✔✔CP
Continuous passive motion - ✔✔CPM
cervical spine - ✔✔C/S
Cerebral Vascular Accident - ✔✔CVA
Cardiovascular Disease - ✔✔CVD
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - ✔✔CRPS
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome - ✔✔CTS
cancel, cancellation, or cervical - ✔✔Cx.
dependent - ✔✔dep., D
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