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Rehabilitation, often combined with physical medicine, is the act of functional restoration related to a person’s fullest physical, psychological, social, vocational, and educational potential that is consistent with physiological or anatomical impairment.
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Devoted to the diagnosis and therapy of rheumatic diseases, rheumatologists treat clinical problems involving joints, soft tissues, and the conditions of connective tissues.
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A condition involving pain, weakness, numbness, or tingling in the leg. It is caused by injury to or compression of the sciatic nerve
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Stroke is an interruption of the blood supply to any part of the brain
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The chamber of the heart that is responsible for pumping blood to the rest of the body. In mammals and birds, there are two ventricles, left and right. The right ventricle pumps deoxygenated blood to the lungs via the pulmonary artery and the left ventricle pumps oxygenated blood to the body via the aorta.
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Feeling as if your environment is moving when no movement occurs. Unlike nonspecific lightheadedness or dizziness, vertigo has relatively few causes.
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Videonystagmography (VNG) is for testing inner ear and central motor functions. VNG measures the movements of the eyes directly through infrared cameras. VNG testing is used to determine if a vestibular (inner ear) disease may be causing a balance or dizziness problem.
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May be generalized (total body weakness) or localized to only one area, side of the body, limb, or muscle
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