Rehabilitation Services Glossary
25 essential terms — because precise language is the foundation of clear thinking in Rehabilitation Services.
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Basic self-care tasks such as bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, transferring, and continence management.
Devices or tools modified or specially designed to help individuals with disabilities perform tasks more independently.
Any device, equipment, or system used to increase, maintain, or improve functional capabilities of individuals with disabilities.
A supervised program of exercise, education, and counseling for patients recovering from heart disease or cardiac events.
Therapeutic interventions designed to improve cognitive functions impaired by brain injury, stroke, or neurological disease.
The process of returning an individual to full participation in community activities, social roles, and daily life after illness or injury.
The full range of rehabilitation services from acute care through community reintegration, matched to the patient's evolving needs.
Clinical decision-making that integrates the best available research evidence with clinical expertise and patient values.
A standardized 18-item assessment tool measuring motor and cognitive function on a 7-point scale used in rehabilitation settings.
The WHO International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, a biopsychosocial model for classifying health and disability.
A hospital-level rehabilitation setting where patients receive at least 3 hours of therapy per day from a multidisciplinary team.
Higher-level functional tasks needed for independent community living, such as cooking, shopping, managing finances, and transportation.
A group of healthcare professionals from different disciplines who collaborate to provide coordinated, comprehensive rehabilitation care.
The brain's capacity to reorganize its neural networks in response to learning, experience, or injury.
A health profession focused on enabling individuals to participate in meaningful daily activities through therapeutic interventions, adaptive strategies, and environmental modifications.
Standardized assessment tools used to quantify patient progress, functional status, and treatment effectiveness in rehabilitation.
A physician specializing in physical medicine and rehabilitation who leads rehabilitation teams and manages musculoskeletal and neurological conditions.
A health profession focused on restoring movement and function through exercise, manual therapy, modalities, and patient education.
A comprehensive program for patients with chronic lung diseases that includes exercise, breathing techniques, education, and psychosocial support.
A health profession focused on evaluating and treating disorders of speech, language, voice, swallowing, and cognitive communication.
The delivery of rehabilitation services using telecommunications technology such as video conferencing and remote monitoring.
Brain damage caused by an external mechanical force, often requiring comprehensive rehabilitation across cognitive, physical, and psychosocial domains.
The design of environments, products, and systems to be usable by all people without the need for adaptation or specialized design.
Services that help individuals with disabilities prepare for, obtain, maintain, or return to competitive employment.