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Appendix

Laboratory tests, which provide the clinician with insight into the physiological status of an individual, are tools helpful in determining a diagnosis when used as an adjunct to the patient history and physical examination. Laboratory tests can be used for screening, diagnosing, and monitoring patient health and disease.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) of the Department of Health and Human Services regulate or laboratory testing (except research) performed on human beings in United States through the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Amendments (CLIA).1

The interpretation of a laboratory test result is made using a reference range for the age and sex of the patient which is the interval between and including below and up a reference limits. The interval is determined statistically by the assay of the analyte of interest in a selected population.1 The range reflects the selected population only. The traditional reference range for quantitative test is the range of values of the central 95% of the healthy population.1 Reference ranges are reported in the same units as the test result and depend on the method used.

The tables (Tables 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6) that follow are intended for guidance only.

Appendix Table 1. Intervention Categories
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Appendix Table 1. Intervention Categories
Therapeutic exercise may include performing:
A. Aerobic capacity/endurance conditioning or reconditioning:
 (1) Gait and locomotor training
 (2) Increased workload over time (modify workload progression)
 (3) Movement efficiency and energy conservation training
 (4) Walking and wheelchair propulsion programs
 (5) Cardiovascular conditioning programs
B. Balance, coordination, and agility training:
 (1) Developmental activities training
 (2) Motor function (motor control and motor learning) training or retraining
 (3) Neuromuscular education or reeducation
 (4) Perceptual training
 (5) Posture awareness training
 (6) Sensory training or retraining
 (7) Standardized, programmatic approaches
 (8) Task-specific performance training
C. Body mechanics and postural stabilization:
 (1) Body mechanics training
 (2) Postural control training
 (3) Postural stabilization activities
 (4) Posture awareness training
D. Flexibility exercises:
 (1) Muscle lengthening
 (2) Range of motion
 (3) Stretching
E. Gait and locomotion training:
 (1) Developmental activities training
 (2) Gait training
 (3) Device training
 (4) Perceptual training
 (5) Basic wheelchair training
F. Neuromotor development training:
 (1) Developmental activities training
 (2) Motor training
 (3) Movement pattern training
 (4) Neuromuscular education or reeducation
G. Relaxation:
 (1) Breathing strategies
 (2) Movement strategies
 (3) Relaxation techniques
H. Strength, power, and endurance training for head, neck, limb, and trunk:
 (1) Active assistive, active, and resistive exercises (including concentric, dynamic/isotonic, eccentric, isokinetic, isometric, and plyometric exercises)
 (2) Aquatic programs
 (3) Task-specific performance training
I. Strength, power, and endurance training for pelvic floor:
 (1) Active (Kegel)
J. Strength, power, and endurance training for ventilatory muscles:
 (1) Active and resistive
Functional training in self-care and home management may include
A. Activities of daily living (ADL) training:
 (1) Bed mobility and transfer training
 (2) Age appropriate ...

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