ACTIVITY, MOBILITY, AND EXERCISE

Objectives:

1. Define the following terms: ROM, Active &

Passive ROM exercises, functional strength,
activity tolerance, ambulation, gait, pace,
mobility, atrophy, contracture, center of
gravity, base of support, & line of gravity.
Elements of Normal Movement
2. Describe the following joint movements:
- ALIGNMENT & POSTURE
flexion, extension, hyperextension, abduction,
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adduction, rotation, circumduction, eversion,
inversion, pronation, supination.
3. Discuss the princiiples of body mechanics to
avoid musculoskeletal injury & strain.
4. Discuss the various nursing strategies to
maintain and promote body alignment &
mobility – positioning, transferring & lifting
patients, providing ROM exercises.
5. Show related videos on ROM, body
mechanics, positioning, lifting & transferring
patients are being performed.
6. Demonstrate on how ROM, body mechanics,
positioning, lifting & transferring patients.
7. Participate actively in the evocative-
discussion and video presentation.

Introduction
 \An activity-exercise pattern refers to a
person’s routine of exercise, activity,
leisure, and recreation. It includes (a)
ADLs and (b) the type, quality and
quantity of exercise, including sport.
 MOBILITY – the ability to move freely.
Easily, rhythmically, and purposefully in
the environment, is essential part of
living.
 Normal movement and stability are the
result of an intact musculoskeletal
movement requires coordinate muscle
activity and neurologic integration.
 It involves 4 basic elements: body
alignment (posture), joint mobility,
balance and coordinated movement.
1. Balance is maintained and muscle strained is
avoided as long as the line of gravity passes
through the base of support.
2. Wider based of support and lower center of
gravity, the greater the stability.
3. Balanced is