prehabilitation
- noun
- /ˌpriːhəˈbɪlɪteɪʃən/
- Specialized
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prehabilitación
- Before her knee surgery, she engaged in a prehabilitation routine to improve her strength and recovery outcomes.
Examples
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The physical therapist emphasized the importance of prehabilitation to enhance performance before the upcoming tournament.
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When applied properly, a safe and effective prehabilitation program has been shown to be successful among athletes (Caraffa et al., 1996; Griffin et al., 2000; Heidt et al., 2000).
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The theoretical potential of prehabilitation.
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Continuing Education Credit for Prehabilitation in Preparation for Orthopaedic Surgery
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Support for Prehabilitation
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Adapted from Braddom, 2000 TABLE 3 Contraindications to Prehabilitation PREFORMATTED TABLE
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Athletes often participate in prehabilitation programs to strengthen their bodies and prevent injuries during the season.
Synonyms
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2.7
Light exercise you do before harder activity to get your body ready
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A planned program of practice, exercise, and diet to make an athlete stronger and faster
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3.4
A short practice session to prepare for a sport or event
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A set of light exercises done before hard exercise to prepare the body
A short session before practice that helps people get ready
To teach a model or person simple tasks before harder work
Giving mild stress to tissue to help it resist later damage
Antonyms
- Specialized
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4.0
Help to make someone's body move and work again after injury or illness
How Intensive
Surface Forms
Morphology
prehabilitation = rehabilitation (opaque) = pre + habilit + ation
The word is clearly modeled on 'rehabilitation' with 'pre-' meaning 'before', but the coined form uses overlap and does not yield a fully literal compositional meaning.
Etymology
The word prehabilitation starts with pre- ('before') and ends with habilitation, a root that means 'make able' and appears in words like rehabilitation and ability. So prehabilitation is exercise done before sport to make you stronger and help prevent injuries.