ESL Pre-CNA Chapter 21 Vocabulary

rehabilitation

professionally managed care used to help restore a person to his or her highest possible level of functioning

restorative care

care that keeps a person at the function level achieved by rehabilitation

range of motion (ROM)

a joint's full arc of motion; exercises that put a joint through its full arc of motion

active range of motion (AROM)

range of motion exercises performed by the resident themselves , without help

active assisted range of motion (AAROM)

range of motion exercises done by a resident with some assistance or support from a caregiver

passive range of motion (PROM)

range of motion exercises performed by a caregiver when a resident is not able to move on their own

abduction

moving a body part away from the midline of the body

adduction

moving a body part toward the midline of the body

extension

straightening a body part

flexion

bending a body part

dorsiflexion

bending backward

rotation

turning a joint

pronation

turning downward

supination

turning upward

opposition

touching the thumb to any other finger