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A
Abdomen	abduction	abnormal
abnormality	Abrasion	AC Joint
acceleration	acceleration of gravity	accessory movement
acquired disease	active motion	active range of motion
Acute	adduction	adipose tissue
agonist	alignment	amphiarthrosis
anatomic position	anatomy	angle
angular kinematics	angular motion	anomaly
antagonist	Anterior Cruciate Ligament	anteroposterior axis
anthropometry	aponeurosis	approximation
arm	arm elevation	arthrodia
arthrodial joint	arthrokinematic movement	arthrosis
articular capsule	articular cartilage	articulation
auscultation	autoimmune disease	axial rotation
axis of rotation
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B
balance	ball-and-socket joint	base of support
biaxial joint	Bilateral	biomechanics
body	body type	BOS
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C
CA	Calf	cancellous bone
cancer	capitate	cardinal plane
Cardiopulmonary Rususcitation	Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation	carpal tunnel
carrying angle	Cartilage	center of gravity
center of mass	center of pressure	center of rotation
centroid	chiropractic	chronophotography
circumduction	close-packed position	closed kinematic chain motion
closed-chain motion	co-contraction	COG
collagen fiber	COM	compact bone
compiler	Composite Impairment	compression
concave-convex rule	concentric contraction	condyle
condyloid joint	configuration	congenital disease
connective tissue	conoid grasp	constant
contraction	control	COP
coronal plane	cortical bone	cubital angle
cubitus valgus	cubitus varus	cylindrical grasp
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D
Decision Analysis	deformable body	deformity
degenerative disease	degree of freedom	dense connective tissue
density	dependent arm position	desirable posture
deviation	diagnosis	diagonal movement
diarthrosis	digit	digital ray
dimension	disease	dislocation
displacement	distal	distal radioulnar joint
distal-on-proximal motion	distance	distraction
DOF	dynamic stability
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E
eccentric contraction	effectiveness	efficiency
elbow complex	Electrical Galvanic Stimulation	Electromyogram
ellipse	ellipsoidal joint	empirical research
equilibrium	erect posture	experimental research
extension	external force	external rotation
externally-perturbed stance	extra-articular tissue
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F
family tendency	family-tendency disease	fat pad
faulty posture	fibrocartilage	fibrous tissue
flexion	force	force-velocity curve
fracture	frequency	front panel
frontal axis	frontal plane	function
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G
genetic disease	Geriatric Physical Therapy	ginglymus joint
glenoid cavity	glenoid fossa	glide
good posture	grasp	gravitational force
gravity	grip	ground reaction force
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H
hamate	hereditary disease	heredity
hinge joint	history taking	Home Health Therapy Software
hook grasp	horizontal abduction	horizontal adduction
horizontal axis	horizontal plane	humeroradial joint
humeroulnar joint	hyaline cartilage	hyperextension
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I
ideal posture	impingement syndrome	index
inertia	inherited disease	inspection
internal force	internal rotation	intra-articular tissue
inverted pendulum model	irregular joint	isoinertial strength
isokinetic contraction	isometric contraction	isotonic contraction
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J
joint	joint angle	joint capsule
joint play
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K
Kienböck's Disease	kinematic chain	kinematics
kinesiology	kinetics
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L
labrum	Lateral Collateral Ligament	lateral flexion
lateral rotation	Law of Acceleration	Law of Inertia
Law of Reaction	Law of reaction	length-tension curve
lengthening contraction	ligament	line of gravity
linear kinematics	linear motion	linearkinematics
LOG	Lojer	Lojer physical therapy equipment
Long-term Goals	longitudinal axis	loose connective tissue
loose-packed position	lunate
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M
Magnetic Resonance Imaging	malalignment	manipulation
manual therapy	mass	matter
Maximal Aerobic Power	mechanical energy	mechanics
mechanics of materials	media	Medial Collateral Ligament
medial rotation	median plane	MediGraph Physical Therapy Software
medium	meniscus	metabolic disease
metabolism	mobility	moment
moment of inertia	morphology	motion
movement	muscle	muscle architecture
muscle contraction	muscle endurance	muscle force
muscle power	muscle strength	muscle torque
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N
navicular bone	neoplasm	Neurological Physical Therapy
neutralizer	Newton's Law of Motion	Nilotic stance
norm	normal	normal strain
normal stress	NSAID	numeric
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O
Occupational Therapy	open kinematic chain motion	open-chain motion
opposition	ordered list	orthogonal axis
Orthopedic Physical Therapy	osteokinematic movement	osteopathic medicine
osteopathy	ovoid	ovoid joint
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P
palpation	parallel-fiber muscle	passive motion
patient-specific functional scale	peak torque	Pediatric Physical Therapy
pennate-fiber muscle	pennation angle	percussion
performance	perturbation	phalanges
phalanx	phasic muscle	physical dimension
Physical Therapy	Physical Therapy Software	physiological movement
physiology	pinch	pisiform
pivot joint	plane joint	plane of scapula
plica	pLog	plumb line test
point	poor posture	position
Posterior Cruciate Ligament	postural deviation	postural muscle
postural sway	postural sway strategy	posture
power grip	prehension	prehension grip
Progressive Resistance Exercise	pronation	Proprioceptive Neuromuscular Facilitation
proximal	proximal radioulnar joint	proximal-on-distal motion
PSFS
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Q
quiet stance
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R
radial deviation	range of motion	rate of tension development
reference plane	reflection	rest position
retrospective study	retroversion	rheumatoid arthritis
rigid body	rotary motion	rotation
rotator cuff
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S
saddle joint	safety	sagittal axis
sagittal plane	scalar	scaphoid
scaphoid fracture	scapula	scapula abduction
scapula adduction	scapula depression	scapula elevation
scatter	screw joint	segment angle
self-perturbed stance	sellar joint	shortening contraction
shoulder girdle depression	shoulder girdle elevation	shoulder girdle protraction
shoulder girdle retraction	side flexion	sidebending
slide	sound wave	Speech Therapy
speed	sphere	spherical grasp
spheroidal joint	spin	spongy bone
stability	stance	standard
static equilibrium	statics	sternum
strain	strategy	strength
stress	subluxation	supination
surface anatomy	sway back	swing
synarthrosis	synovial fluid	synovial joint
synovial membrane	synovium	system
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T
tandem stance	Temporomandibular Joint	tendon
tensile force	tensile stress	tension
TFCC	therapeutics	therapy
Therapy Software	time-domain analysis	time-domain data
tissue	topography	torque
traction	Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulator	translation
translatory motion	transverse axis	transverse plane
trapezium	trapezoid	treatment
triangular fibrocartilage complex	triaxial joint	trochlea
trochoid joint	tumor
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U
Ulnar Collateral Ligament	ulnar deviation	Ulnar Nerve
ulnar tilt	ultrasonography	ultrasound
uniaxial joint	uniform resource locator	universal resource identifier
unordered list	upright posture
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V
valga	valgum	valgus
vara	variation	varum
varus	VAS	vector
velocity	vertical axis	VI
virtual instrument	visual analog scale	Vital Signs
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W
wave	wave length	weight
wince	Wire	within normal limits
WNL
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Y
yield point
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Z
Zigzag Effect	Zygoma
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