Subjective Assessment Abbreviations

SUBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT ABBREVIATIONS There are many abbreviations specific to the field of physiotherapy, rehabilitation and health care. Many of the common abbreviation can be misinterpreted as they often represent different things. This can often be confusing to other physiotherapists, health care professionals and students alike. This resource was created to review the most common abbreviations and their meanings. This list is not complete as is this meant as an open project which will be added to as and when. If any viewer would like to comment on the content please feel free to do so. Physiotherapy Abbreviations Musculoskeletal Abbreviations
Agg/Aggrav/ ^	Aggravating factors	O/E/Obj	Objective examination
Ease/ \	Easing factors	S	Subjective information
24/24 / 24 hrs	Pattern over 24 hours	O	Objective information
HPC	History of presenting condition	A	Analysis
PMH	Past medical history	P	Plan of treatment
DH/DS	Drug history	Rx	Treatment
SH	Social history	STG	Short term goals
Occ	Occupation	LTG	Long term goals
P	Pain	S	Severity
P + N	Pins and needles	I	Irritability
HA	Head aches	N	Nature
Int	Intermittent	∆	Diagnosis
Const	Constant	Palpn	Palpation
c/o	Complaining of	LBP	Lower back pain
NAD	No abnormality detected	c	With
Inv	Investigations	ISQ	In Status Quo
MRI	Magnetic resonance image	CT	Computerised tomography

 

Musculoskeletal Abbreviations

Musculoskeletal Abbreviations

There are many abbreviations specific to the field of physiotherapy, rehabilitation and health care. Many of the common abbreviation can be misinterpreted as they often represent different things. This can often be confusing to other physiotherapists, health care professionals and students alike. This resource was created to review the most common abbreviations and their meanings. This list is not complete as is this meant as an open project which will be added to as and when. If any viewer would like to comment on the content please feel free to do so.

Physiotherapy Abbreviations
Subjective Abbreviations

\	Postero-anterior (PA)
E	Antero-posterior (AP)
C	Unilateral PA’s on the left (UPA-Lt)
B	Unilateral PA’s on the right (UPA-Rt)
H	Rotation towards the right (Rot-Rt)
I	Rotation towards the left (Rot-Lt)
G	Side flexion to the right (SF-Rt)
F	Side flexion to the left (SF-Lt)
Q	Unilateral AP’s on the right (UAP-Rt)
P	Unilateral AP’s on the left (UAP-Lt)
L	Unilateral PA’s on the right on rib(UPA-Rt-rib)
M	Unilateral PA’s on the left on rib (UPA-Lt-rib)
_	Right side glide
`	Left side glide
^	Increased
]	Increased lots
\	Decreased
[	Decreased lots
̴	Approximately
>	More than or after
<	Less than
+	Lots
++	Lots and lots
+++	The most imaginable
+ve	Postive
-ve	Negative
°	No or none
∆	Diagnosis or change
√√	Checked and ok
→	Leads to
#	Fracture
//	Results in