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Locomotive syndrome is a medical condition of decreased mobility due to disorders of the locomotor system. [1] The locomotor system comprises bones, joints , muscles and nerves . It is a concept put forward by three professional medical societies in Japan: the Japanese Society for Musculoskeletal Medicine, the Japanese Orthopaedic Association ...
Gordon’s functional health patterns is a method devised by Marjory Gordon to be used by nurses in the nursing process to provide a more comprehensive nursing assessment of the patient.
Waxy flexibility is one of the twelve symptoms [1] that can lead to the diagnosis of catatonia. It is a psychomotor symptom [2] that results in a decreased response to stimuli and a tendency to remain in an immobile posture. [3] If one were to move the arm of someone with waxy flexibility, the patient would keep that arm where it had been ...
A nursing diagnosis may be part of the nursing process and is a clinical judgment about individual, family, or community experiences/responses to actual or potential health problems/life processes. Nursing diagnoses foster the nurse's independent practice (e.g., patient comfort or relief) compared to dependent interventions driven by physician ...
Functional mobility, often referred to as "transferring." This includes the ability to walk, get in and out of bed, and get into and out of a chair. The broader definition covers moving from one place to another while performing activities and is useful for people with varying physical abilities who can still move around independently.
Decreased walking and lower body motor ability due to NC is the primary disabling feature of LSS. [18] Constant discomfort and pain in the lower extremities and an inability to sleep and lying down are also disabling features of NC that affect a patient's quality of life. Therefore, the target of most treatments is to solve these complications ...
Other conditions may also cause slowness of movements. These include hypothyroidism and severe depression. These conditions need to be carefully ruled out, before a diagnosis of Parkinsonism is made. The remainder of this article describes Hypokinesia associated with Parkinson's disease, and conditions related to Parkinson's disease.
The use of a mobility aid device such as a mobility scooter, wheelchair, crutches or a walker can help with community ambulation. [9] Another term that is coined to define mobility disabilities based on performance is "performance based mobility disability". [10] It is the inability to increase your walking speed more than 0.4 m/s. [11]