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| What 3 age-related changes happen for body configuration and composition? |
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Definition
| Loss of water and weight, reduction in lean body mass, reduction in potassium |
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| What 3 age-related changes happen for changes in appearance and in body temperature? |
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Definition
| Decrease in height due to changes in the skeleton, decrease in weight, and decrease in the ability to sense temperature changes |
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Term
| What 3 age-related changes happen to the skin? |
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Definition
| Muted inflammatory reactions, it's damaged for easily, and altered thermal regulation |
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Term
| What 3 age-related changes happen to the nervous system? |
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Definition
-Atrophy: loss of nerve cells and weight
-Dementia: plaques and tangles from waste products in brain tissue causing severe memory loss, thinking, and behavior problems
-Nerve conduction: begins to decline after early 20s |
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Term
Age-related Changes in Upper Extremities-Joint Mobility:
Changes in Connective Tissue:
-Decrease in effectiveness to maintain tissue ___
-Decreased response to ___ factors
-Decreased ___ content
-Decreased collagen with increased cross-linkages, giving rise to ___
-Decreased ___ to help structures return to their original shape after deformation |
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Definition
| homeostasis; growth; fluid; stiffness; elastin |
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Term
Age-related Changes in Upper Extremities-Joint Mobility: Changes in joint structure:
-___ elasticity and ___ stiffness
-___—articular cartilage
-Fibrous—ligaments and tendons around and w/in the joint lose their ___
-Bony—can alter joint ___ and ___ |
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Definition
| Reduced; increased; Chondroid; elasticity; mechanics; alignment |
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Term
| age related loss of muscle |
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Definition
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| What are some age-related changes in muscle performance? |
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Definition
-Loss of muscle mass, strength and functional quality
-Impaired ability to regenerate muscle with increased age
-Changes in metabolic function |
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Term
Describe how age-related changes in the upper extremities affect motor control:
-Ability to ___ or ___ movements
-___—weakness during movement or against resistance; the most common
-Abnormal muscle tone can affect motor control because joints are ___
-___ movement deficits
-Ataxia or hypokinesia (Parkinson’s disease) where ___ ___ centers affect functioning
-___ loss |
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Definition
| regulate; direct; Paresis; stiffer; Fractionated; motor control; Somatosensory |
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Term
| Critical part of our ability to use our limbs, particularly the upper extremities |
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Definition
| Fractionated movement deficits |
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Term
| How can you assess fractionated movement deficits? |
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Definition
| touch tip of thumb to other finger tips |
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Term
| How is tactile sensitivity effected by age? |
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Definition
-Reduced tactile sensitivity in older adults
-Loss of sensory mechanoreceptors |
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Term
| What are 4 examples of special audiology considerations for the elderly? |
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Definition
1. Watch for balance issues
2. Careful with the skin during earmold impressions and cerumen management
3. Hearing aid manipulation/learning
4. Be careful with calorics because they can't sense changes in temperature as much |
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