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movement
(redirected from passive movement)

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movement (Activity), noun campaign, cause, mass movement, motion, operation, principle, series of actions directed towards a particular end, undertaking
movement (Progress), noun action, agitation, circulation, course, denomination, effort, great cause, interest, issue, measure, outflow, performance, removal, shift, step, stir, stride, transition, transmittal, traveling
movement (Shipment), noun cartage, conveyance, transit, transportation
See also: activity, band, campaign, circulation, course, denomination, dispatch, operation, outflow, progress, transition, transmittal
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Initial physiotherapy management is to monitor the respiratory status, encourage active movement of unaffected areas and perform passive movements of paralysed body parts to retain and improve the ranges of motion which will be required later for independence.
Spinal Fracture,Symptoms and Treatments by harryjackson / Health, general community
Clinic veterinarians did what they could for the tiny creature, but with no visible fractures, it was decided to focus his healing on medical and physical therapy -- medicine like steroids and simple, passive movements.
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It consists of soft tissue massage and the passive movements of joints by the physical therapist.
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