APPLICATION OF FITNESS PRINCIPLES A...

APPLICATION OF FITNESS PRINCIPLES AND vital airs ACROSS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE

Physical therapists emphasize functional regaining or adaptation for patients with a variety of impairments, limitations, and disabilities. A modified disablement mould adapted from Nagi reflects this focus.16 A patient's ability to achieve his or her functional goals hangs upon their health-related fitness flat as well as their mastery of techniques and/or equipment that facilitate or support manner of moving Figure 5 illustrates the relationship between health-related physical fitness and disablement. Research hints that physical activity and exercise will influence patient issues of interest to physical therapists.10,12,13,14,15 As a deduction fitness principles and elements should be incorporated at each level of the physical therapy patient management standard (Figure 6) across all practice settings in which adults are serv

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