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    Patient Data Exhibits Nurse reviews data. For each joint, click to specify what type of range of motion was being assessed based on findings. Each category will have one response. Joint Type of Range of Motion Wrist - able to bend wrist back toward forearm Abduction Flexion Extension Adduction Shoulder - unable to move the arm away from the body Extension Adduction Flexion Abduction

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    WRIST - ABLE TO BEND WRIST BACK TOWARD FOREARM: Abduction Abduction refers to the movement of a body part away from the body's midline. This movement is typically used for fingers, arms, or legs, but not for the wrist. Therefore, this choice is incorrect for the wrist's range of motion. Flexion Flexion refers to the bending of a joint that reduces the angle between two body parts. For the wrist, flexion would involve bending the wrist forward, toward the palm of the hand. Since the patient is able to bend the wrist backward (toward the forearm), this is not the correct choice. Extension Extension refers to straightening a joint, which increases the angle between the body parts. For the wrist, extension is the movement where the hand moves away from the palm (backward toward the forearm). This is the correct choice because the patient is able to bend the wrist back toward the forearm, which is extension. Adduction Adduction refers to the movement of a body part toward the body's midline. This is not relevant to the wrist, so it is an incorrect option. SHOULDER - UNABLE TO MOVE THE ARM AWAY FROM THE BODY: Extension Extension refers to the movement that straightens a joint, increasing the angle between two parts of the body. For the shoulder, this would involve moving the arm behind the body, and it's not the movement of the arm away from the body, so this is not the correct choice. Adduction Adduction refers to moving a body part toward the midline of the body. For the shoulder, this would involve moving the arm closer to the body. This does not correspond to the action of moving the arm away from the body, so this is not the correct choice either. Flexion Flexion refers to the bending of a joint that decreases the angle between two body parts. For the shoulder, this would involve raising the arm forward, not moving it away from the body. This is not the correct choice for the described movement. Abduction Abduction refers to the movement of a body part away from the midline of the body. In this case, the shoulder movement of moving the arm away from the body is abduction. Since the client is unable to move the arm away from the body (i.e., is experiencing weakness or limited ROM), the shoulder’s range of motion has a restriction in abduction.

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