UT3

• Uniform Terminology - This document is intended to provide a generic outline of the domain of concern of occupational therapy and is designed to create common terminology for the profession and to capture the essence of occupational therapy succinctly for others
• Sensory awareness - Receiving and differentiating sensory stimul
• Sensory processing - Interpreting sensory stimuli
• Tactile - Interpreting light touch, pressure, temperature, pain, and vibration through skin contact/receptors
• Proprioceptive - Interpreting stimuli originating in muscles, joints, and other internal tissues that give information about the position of one body part in relation to others
• Vestibular - Interpreting stimuli from the inner ear receptors regarding head position and movement
• Visual - Interpreting stimuli through the eyes, including peripheral vision and acuity, and awareness of color and pattern
• Auditory - Interpreting and localizing sounds, and discriminating background sounds
• Gustatory - Interpreting tastes
• Olfactory - Interpreting odors
• Perceptual processing - Organizing sensory input into meaningful patterns
• Stereognosis - Identifying objects through proprioception, cognition, and the sense of touch
• Kinesthesia - Identifying the excursion and direction of joint movement
• Pain response - Interpreting noxious stimuli
• Body scheme - Acquiring an internal awareness of the body and the relationship of body parts to each other
• Right-left discrimination - Differentiating one side from the other
• Form constancy - Recognizing forms and objects as the same in various environments, positions, and sizes
• Position in space - Determining the spatial relationship of figures and objects to self or other forms and objects
• Visual-closure - Identifying forms or objects from incomplete presentations
• Figure ground - Differentiating between foreground and background forms and objects
• Depth perception - Determining the relative distance between objects, figures, or landmarks and the observer, and changes in planes of surfaces
• Spatial relations - Determining the position of objects relative to each other
• Topographical orientation - Determining the location of objects and settings and the route to the location
• Reflex - Eliciting an involuntary muscle response by sensory input
• Range of motion - Moving body parts through an arc
• Muscle tone - Demonstrating a degree of tension or resistance in a muscle at rest and in response to stretch
• Strength - Demonstrating a degree of muscle power when movement is resisted, as with objects or gravity
• Endurance - Sustaining cardiac, pulmonary, and musculoskeletal exertion over time
• Postural control - Using righting and equilibrium adjustments to maintain balance during functional movements
• Postural alignment - Maintaining biomechanical integrity among body parts
• Soft tissue integrity - Maintaining anatomical and physiological condition of interstitial tissue and skin
• Motor control - Using the body in functional and versatile movement patterns
• Praxis - Conceiving and planning a new motor act in response to an environmental demand
• Fine coordination/dexterity - Using small muscle groups for controlled movements, particularly in object manipulation
• Visual-motor integration - Coordinating the interaction of information from the eyes with body movement during activity
• Oral-motor control - Coordinating oropharyngeal musculature for controlled movements
• Gross coordination - Using large muscle groups for controlled, goal-directed movements
• Crossing the midline - Moving limbs and eyes across the midsagittal plane of the body
• Laterality - Using a preferred unilateral body part for activities requiring a high level of skill
• Bilateral integration - Coordinating both body sides during activity