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Article: Description of movement patterns of young adults moving supine from the foot to the head of the bed.
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- Physical Therapy
- Article date:
- September 1, 1998
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Key Words: Bed mobility, Descriptions, Movement pattern, Variability.
Physical therapists often use visual observation[1-3] to distinguish between typical and atypical movements. Atypical movement patterns (MPs) are judged to be abnormal1 and trigger further evaluation and possible treatment. Latash and Anson[4] have argued against correcting movements of those persons from atypical populations, suggesting that these actions represent solutions to the problems presented by impairments. Until MPs of individuals from both typical populations and atypical populations (ie, those with Parkinson disease or amputations) have been described, arguments related to the ...