WorksheetsMobility Assistance Vocab Quiz
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 22mins
The ability to move freely.
Mobility
Immobility
Contraindicated
You would do this to a person in a hospital bed to help them maintain body alignment and prevent bed sores.
Activities of Daily Living (ADLs)
Positioning
Ambulation
Immobile
The ability to walk without assistance
Swinging a body part like a pendulum
The state of not moving; motionless
The moving of a patient from one surface to another
transferring
positioning
mobility
A pressure sore or bed sore, can be considered an open wound
Pressure point
Decubitus ulcer
Laceration
Some examples of activities of daily living (ADLs) would be:
Driving a truck
Painting your nails
Bathing, dressing, brushing teeth
Atrophy
Wasting away of tissues. "Don't use it, you lose it."
A bed sore
To only use gravity
The optimal placement of body parts so that bones and muscles are used efficiently
posture
body alignment
mobility
The ability to walk without the need for any kind of assistance
ambulation
amputation
abbreviation
A person's manner of walking. Sometimes helped with a belt.
pendulum
mobility
gait
Contraindicated
Banned substance
Should NOT be done or used or performed
Immobility
