Kinesiology Medical Terms

Terms and Abbreviations

Activity Daily Living

ADLs

Active Range of Motion

AROM

Ambulation

AMB

A

Assistance

Bilateral

B

Durable Medications Equiptment

DME

Edge Of Bed

EOB

Balance

bal

Independant

I, Indep

Left

L

Right

R

Manual Muscle Test

MMT

Occupational Therapy

OT

Out of Bed

OOB

Physical Therapy

PT

Passive Range of Motion

PROM

Previous Level of Function

PLOF

Speech Language Pathologist

SLP/ST

Treatments

Tx

Upper Extremity

UE

Lower Extremity

LE

Wheelchair

WC, w/c

Within Function Limits

WFL

Within Normal Limits

WNL

Skilled Nursing Facility

SNF

Swingbed

SWB

Impatient Rehab

IPR

Dependent

D

Maximum Assistance

75% max A

Moderate Assistance

50% mod A

Minimum Assistance

25% min A

Contact Guard Assist

CGA

Stand By Assist

SBA

Supervised

S

As needed

prn

At once or Immediatly

stat

Every Day or Daily

qd

Three time a day

tid, 3x/day

times

X

Bowel Movement

BM

Blood Pressure

BP

Do not resuscitate

DNR

nothing by mouth

npo, NPO

full weight bearing

FWB

Non Weight Bearing

NWB

Weight Bearing as tolerated

WBAT

Toe Touch Weight bearing

TTWB

Weight of leg flat on floor

WOLFF

Full on outstretched hand

FOOSH

Complaining of

c/o

Diagnosis

dx

History

Hx

History and Physical

H&P

Oxygen

O2

Past Medical History

PMH

Patient

pt

Perscription

Rx

rule out

r/o

Status post , following

s/p

year old

yo, y/o

With

c

Without

s

After

p

Before

a

Increase

Arrow up

Decrease

Arrow down

Change

Triangle

Bilaterial

B

Shoulder

sh

Flexion

flx

Abduction

adb

Adduction

add

Extension

ext

Above the Elbow

AE

Above the Knee

AK

Autonomic Nervous Systme

ANS

Central Nervous System

CNS

Cerebrospinal fluid

CSF

Gastrointestinal

GI

Adult Respiratory distress syndrom

ARDS

Acute Renal Failure

ARF

Cancer

CA

Cerebral Palsy

CP

Chronic Obstructive Pulm Disease

COPD

Cong heart failure

CHF

Coronary Artery Diseae

CAD

Crebrovascular Accident

CVA

Deep vein Thrombosis

DVT

Degenertive Joint Disease

DJD

Fractures

fx/ FX

Head Injurry

HI

Hypertension

HTN

Diabetes Mellitus

DM

Pulmonary Embolism

PE

Rheumatoid Arthritis

RA

Spinal Cord Injury

SCI

Traumatic Brain Injury

TBII

Urinary Tract Infection

UTI

Against medical advice

AMA

Discharge or Discontinue

DC d/c