[PT 5101] - Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes fot the exam (81 pages long!)
30 Mar 2017
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Different types of payment for rendered services. Managed care plans: dictate how you are paid, outpt more cost effective. Posture: relative disposition of body at any one moment, dynamic position of the body in relation to the surrounding space. Faulty posture: any posture that increases stress on joints. Correct posture: position in which there is minimum stress to the joints. Normal skeletal posture alignment (cid:758)(cid:720)(cid:726)(cid:724) (cid:738)(cid:735)(cid:724)(cid:722)(cid:728)(cid:725)(cid:728)(cid:722)(cid:759: birth: entire spine is a c curve, primary curves: thoracic spine and sacrum, secondary curves: cervical and lumbar. Body contours laxity of ligamentous structures fascial, musculotendinous tightness look at what patient looks like, objectively write it down to see if it changes over time. Muscle tone long and lean no muscle mass, bed rest no muscle mass: elderly lack of activity, lack of using muscle, use a predictor of aging: better muscle mass successful aging, better walking.
