Clinical Rehabilitation Glossary

Routine self-care tasks—such as bathing, dressing, feeding, and toileting—used as benchmarks for measuring a patient's f...

Abbreviation for activity of daily living, a functional benchmark used across rehabilitation documentation to measure se...

Ankle–Foot Orthosis; a brace that encases the ankle and part of the foot to control position and movement, commonly pres...

A pain response elicited by a stimulus that would not normally cause pain, such as light touch or temperature, indicativ...

The ability to walk independently or with assistive devices, used as a key functional outcome measure in rehabilitation.

Abbreviation for Apraxia of Speech, a motor speech disorder caused by impaired planning and programming of the movements...

An acquired language disorder resulting from brain damage that impairs the ability to speak, understand, read, or write,...

A neurological disorder characterised by the inability to perform learned, purposeful movements despite having the physi...

A standardised classification system used to grade the severity of spinal cord injury based on motor and sensory testing...

Any device, system, or product used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of individuals with di...

A neurological sign characterised by impaired coordination of voluntary movements, often affecting gait, speech, and fin...

A set of methods and devices used to supplement or replace natural speech or writing for individuals with severe communi...

A standardised ordinal scale used to measure a patient's performance in ten basic activities of daily living, widely emp...

A 14-item functional balance assessment tool scored out of 56, used in rehabilitation to evaluate fall risk and postural...

A problem-solving approach to the assessment and treatment of individuals with movement and postural control disorders c...

A scheduled multidisciplinary meeting in which rehabilitation team members, and often the patient and family, review cli...

Abbreviation for Craig Handicap Assessment and Reporting Technique; a participation-level outcome measure for spinal cor...

Constraint-Induced Movement Therapy; a rehabilitation approach in which the less-affected upper limb is restrained to pr...

A series of involuntary, rhythmic muscle contractions and relaxations triggered by a sudden stretch reflex, commonly ass...

The presence of one or more additional chronic conditions or diagnoses coexisting with a primary condition in the same p...

A structured therapeutic approach to restoring or compensating for cognitive deficits—such as memory, attention, and exe...

A communication impairment that results from underlying cognitive deficits—such as attention, memory, or executive funct...

The process by which individuals with acquired disabilities re-establish meaningful participation in social, vocational,...

An adaptive technique or method taught to a rehabilitation patient to accomplish a functional task by working around a p...