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Anthropometric characteristics are traits that describe body dimensions, such as height, weight, girth, and body fat composition.
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Integumentary integrity is defined as intact skin, including the ability of the skin to serve as a barrier to environmental threats such as bacteria, pressure, shear, friction, and moisture.
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Mobility (including locomotion) is an individual moving by changing body positions or locations or by transferring from one place to another. This includes ambulation and wheeled mobility.
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Reflex integrity is the soundness of the neural path involved in a reflex. A reflex is a stereotypic, involuntary reaction to sensory stimuli.
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Self-care is caring for oneself, washing and drying oneself, caring for one's body parts, dressing, eating and drinking, and looking after one's health.
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Physical therapists have a major role to play in the provision of primary care, which has been defined as "the provision of integrated, accessible health care services by clinicians who are accountable for addressing a large majority of personal health care needs, developing a sustained partnership with
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The Guide contains general categories of tests and measures that the physical therapist may decide to use during an initial examination visit or during subsequent visits as part of reexamination. Physical therapists may decide to use tests and measures that are not described in the Guide, following the
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National Research Council. Defining Primary Care: An Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press; 1994. Guccione AA. Physical therapy diagnosis and the relationship between impairments and function. Phys Ther. 1991;71:499-504. Abstract/FREE Full Text Nagi SZ. Some conceptual issues in
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APTA's Guide to Physical Therapist Practice is the description of physical therapist practice, for use by physical therapist and physical therapist assistant educators, students, and clinicians.
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Unless otherwise noted, the Publisher holds the copyright on all materials published in the Guide, whether in print or electronic form, both as a compilation and as individual chapters.