NSG 122 - Nursing Fundamental Concepts
Exam 4
Question:
- body systems affecting mobility
Answer:
- skeletal
- muscular
- nervous
Question:
isotonic exercise
Answer:
- muscle contraction, relaxation, and stretching
- general movement
- ex: walking, running, swimming, ADLs
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Question:
isometric exercise
Answer:
- muscle contraction and holding
- ex: yoga, stationary exercise for someone in a cast
Question:
isokinetic exercise
Answer:
- muscle contraction with resistance/weights
- ex: weightlifting, use of therapeutic bands
Question:
body system effects for bedridden patients
Answer:
- increased cardiac workload
- decreased heartrate
- decreased respirations
- decreased peristalsis (constipation)
- increased kidney stones
- decreased muscle tone
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Question:
hemiparesis
Answer:
weakness on one side of the body
ex: stroke patients
Question:
paraplegia
Answer:
paralysis of the lower half of the body
Question:
hemiplegia
Answer:
paralysis of one side of the body
Question:
hypertonicity
Answer:
increased muscle tone that interferes with movement, rigid muscles, spasticity
ex: Parkinson's patients
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