When the patient restricts use of her dominant arm because of pain and the nurse notes that the measurement of the circumference of the patient'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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