Exercise Rehabilitation Glossary

Basic self-care tasks used to assess functional capacity and rehabilitation progress.

Changes made to movement patterns, work tasks, or daily activities to accommodate limitations and promote healing.

Pain response to normally non-painful stimuli, often complicating exercise progression in chronic pain rehabilitation.

Therapeutic exercise performed in water environment utilizing hydrostatic properties for rehabilitation benefits.

Initial assessment data collected before treatment begins, serving as a reference point for measuring progress and outco...

Systematic evaluation of human movement patterns to identify dysfunction and guide therapeutic intervention strategies.

The gradual increase in heart rate during prolonged steady-state exercise despite maintaining constant workload intensit...

Neurological condition where the central nervous system amplifies pain signals, causing heightened sensitivity to normal...

An exercise format involving sequential performance of different exercises at multiple stations with minimal rest betwee...

The cognitive process used by healthcare providers to analyze patient information and make treatment decisions.

Altered movement strategy adopted to avoid pain or weakness, often perpetuating dysfunction.

Medical condition or factor that makes a particular treatment inadvisable or dangerous.

Training focused on strengthening and coordinating the deep trunk muscles that support spinal stability.

The physiological deterioration of muscle strength, cardiovascular fitness, and functional capacity following periods of...

The systematic process of preparing patients for treatment completion and transition to independent function.

Muscle training emphasizing the lengthening phase of contraction to improve strength and tissue healing.

Therapeutic technique using electromyographic signals to provide real-time feedback for muscle re-education and motor le...

The degree to which a patient follows prescribed exercise protocols and recommendations consistently over time.

The maximum ability to perform physical work or exercise, typically measured during standardized testing protocols.

A systematic assessment process to identify medical conditions or factors that preclude safe participation in exercise r...

The systematic quantification and measurement of exercise parameters including frequency, intensity, time, and type.

The inability to perform physical activity at levels that would be adequate for most people of the same age and gender.

Adjustments made to exercise parameters or techniques to accommodate individual limitations, safety concerns, or progres...

A systematic framework for adjusting exercise parameters based on patient symptoms, tolerance, and functional limitation...