TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Geriatric A1 - Gulick, Dawn Y1 - 2006 N1 - T2 - Screening Notes: Rehabilitation Specialist's Pocket Guide AB - Table Graphic Jump Location|Download (.pdf)|PrintMusculoskeletalNeural↓ Muscle mass (↓ type II = FT) & strength↓ Motor unit recruitment↓ Speed of mov't↓ Joint flexibility↓ Bone mass & strengthCartilage degeneration↓ Conduction = altered pain↓ Enzymatic activity↓ Reflexes↑ Postural sway↓ ResponsivenessChange in sleep patternsCardiovascularPulmonary↓ Cardiac output↑ Vascular resistance↓ Lipid catabolism↓ Vascular elasticity = ↑ DBP↓ Response to postural stress↓ Recoil within the lungCalcification of soft tissue in the chest wall↓ PO2 from 20–70 years↓ VO2 max↓ Pulmonary blood flow = ↓ O2 Sat↑ RVIntegumentaryGI↓ Thickness with ↑ risk of breakdownUneven pigmentation↓ Vascularity = altered thermoregulation↓ Sub-q tissue ↑ risk forHypothermia↓ Peristalsis↓ Enzymatic activity↓ MotilityUrogenital/RenalSpecial Senses↓ Bladder capacity↓ Bladder elasticityProstate hyperplasia↓ Kidney mass↓ Glomerular filtration rate↓ Creatinine clearance↓ Visual acuity↓ Hearing↓ Smell & taste↓ Thymus function↓ Ca++ control↓ SweatingImmunePsychosocial↓ Function/resistance↓ T-cells↓ Temperature regulation↑ Incidence of depression↑ FatigueCognitive deficits SN - PB - F. A. Davis Company CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162210772 ER -