Clinical Rehabilitation Glossary

The abnormal formation of lamellar bone in soft tissues outside the skeleton, a serious secondary complication occurring...

The therapeutic use of water—exploiting its buoyancy, resistance, and thermodynamic properties—to facilitate movement, p...

Abnormally increased muscle tone or resistance to passive movement, encompassing both spasticity and rigidity.

Abnormally decreased muscle tone, presenting as reduced resistance to passive movement and often associated with lower m...

Abbreviation for the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, the WHO framework used in rehab...

An international framework providing standardised terminology and definitions for texture-modified foods and thickened l...

In rehabilitation, a loss or abnormality of body structure or physiological function at the organ or body-system level.

A hospital or distinct unit providing intensive, physician-supervised rehabilitative care requiring at least three hours...

The standardised CMS assessment tool completed at admission and discharge for all inpatient rehabilitation facility pati...

Knee–Ankle–Foot Orthosis; an external brace extending from the thigh to the foot, used when knee stability cannot be mai...

An excessive, irrational, and debilitating fear of physical movement or activity resulting from a belief that movement w...

The therapeutic application of scientifically based exercise principles to treat injury, disease, or disability and rest...

A behavioural phenomenon in which a patient suppresses use of a neurologically impaired limb due to repeated failed atte...

Chronic swelling caused by the accumulation of lymphatic fluid, typically resulting from damage or removal of lymph node...

A standardised federally mandated assessment instrument used in long-term care settings in the United States to evaluate...

A six-point ordinal scale used in rehabilitation to clinically grade the degree of spasticity or muscle tone in patients...

A rehabilitation approach based on principles of learning and neuroplasticity in which patients reacquire motor skills l...

A coordinated group of healthcare professionals from different specialties who collaboratively plan and deliver rehabili...

Bladder dysfunction caused by neurological damage, resulting in impaired control of urinary storage or voiding, and a co...

Pain arising directly from a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system, commonly documented in rehabilitatio...

In spinal cord injury classification, the most caudal spinal segment with normal motor and sensory function bilaterally.

Pain arising directly from a lesion or disease of the somatosensory nervous system, characterised by burning, shooting,...

The brain's ability to reorganise its structure, function, and connections in response to learning, experience, or injur...

The ability of an individual to choose, organise, and perform meaningful activities of daily life, including self-care,...