RT Book, Section
A1 Gulick, Dawn
SR Print(0)
ID 1162210772
T1 Geriatric
T2 Screening Notes: Rehabilitation Specialist's Pocket Guide
YR 2006
FD 2006
PB F. A. Davis Company
PP New York, NY
SN 9780803615731
LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1162210772
RD 2024/04/19
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