When the client restricts use of her dominant arm because of pain and the nurse notes that the measurement of the circumference of the client's nondominant arm is greater than her dominant arm,
the nurse determines that the lack of use has resulted in the dominant arm's:
A) atrophy
B) hypertrophy
C) dystrophy
D) malrotation
Ans: A
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Atrophy causes the muscle to decrease in strength and size because of disuse.
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