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Aerobic Capacity/Endurance

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Aerobic capacity/endurance is the ability to perform work or participate in activity over time using the body's oxygen uptake, delivery, and energy release mechanisms.

Adaptive and Assistive Technology

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Adaptive and assistive technology is any item, piece of equipment, or product system — acquired commercially off the shelf, modified, or customized — that is used to increase, maintain, or improve the functional capabilities of a person with a disability.

Balance

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Balance is the ability to maintain the body in equilibrium with gravity both statically and dynamically, and while upright and while sitting.

Community, Social, and Civic Life

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Community, social, and civic life refers to the ability to engage in organized social life outside the home.

Cranial and Peripheral Nerve Integrity

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Cranial nerve integrity is the soundness of the 12 pairs of nerves connected with the brain, including their somatic, visceral, afferent, and efferent components.

Environmental Factors

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Environmental factors make up the physical, social, and attitudinal environment in which people live and conduct their lives.

Gait

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Gait is the manner in which a person walks, characterized by rhythm, cadence, step, stride, and speed.

Integumentary Integrity

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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.

Muscle Performance (Including Strength, Power, Endurance, and Length)

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Muscle performance is the capacity of a muscle or a group of muscles to generate forces to produce, maintain, sustain, and modify postures and movements that are the prerequisite to functional activity.

Neuromotor Development and Sensory Processing

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Neuromotor development is the acquisition and evolution of movement skills throughout the life span. Sensory processing is the ability to integrate movement-related information that is derived from the environment.