deconditioning
Losing trained responses
Deconditioning is the loss of physical fitness or physiological adaptation that occurs when training stops or activity decreases.
Athletes returning from injury experience deconditioning.
Astronauts decondition in zero gravity, losing bone density and muscle mass.
The term also applies to psychological unlearning—breaking a conditioned response: therapy to decondition fear responses.
Complete vanishing of a species
- desensitizationReduced response over time
- exposure therapyAnxiety treatment through confrontation
- counterconditioningReplacing conditioned response therapeutically
- habituationDiminished reaction over time
unlearning · deprogramming · flooding · aversion therapy · behavior modification
Cessation of practice
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- declineDecrease or refuse
- shrinkageDecrease in size
frailty · debilitation · degeneration · weakness · immobility · inactivity · sedentariness · muscle wasting
Prescribed horizontal recovery
- hospitalizationFormal entry into medical care
- immobilizationPreventing movement entirely
- post-surgicalFollowing a medical operation
- mechanical ventilationMachine-assisted breathing support
critical illness · catheterization · post-operative · recovery period · complications
Weariness from prolonged exertion
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- breathlessnessDifficulty drawing air
- dizzinessUnsteady, spinning sensation
- muscle fatigueLoss of contractile power
Rehabilitative movement-based medical care
- exercise programPlanned physical activity routine
- strength trainingBuilding muscle through resistance
- mobility trainingExercises enhancing joint freedom
- endurance buildingIncreasing sustained effort capacity
balance exercises · occupational therapy · gradual return · prehabilitation · retraining · coordination exercises
extinction
Complete vanishing of a species
- desensitizationReduced response over time
- exposure therapyAnxiety treatment through confrontation
- counterconditioningReplacing conditioned response therapeutically
habituation · unlearning · deprogramming · flooding · aversion therapy · behavior modification
disuse
Cessation of practice
- wastingUsing poorly, inefficiently
- deteriorationProcess of declining quality
- declineDecrease or refuse
shrinkage · frailty · debilitation · degeneration · weakness · immobility · inactivity · sedentariness · muscle wasting
bedrest
Prescribed horizontal recovery
- hospitalizationFormal entry into medical care
- immobilizationPreventing movement entirely
- post-surgicalFollowing a medical operation
mechanical ventilation · critical illness · catheterization · post-operative · recovery period · complications
fatigue
Weariness from prolonged exertion
- weaknessDeficiency in force
- breathlessnessDifficulty drawing air
- dizzinessUnsteady, spinning sensation
muscle fatigue · poor balance · unsteadiness · tachycardia · lightheadedness
physical therapy
Rehabilitative movement-based medical care
- exercise programPlanned physical activity routine
- strength trainingBuilding muscle through resistance
- mobility trainingExercises enhancing joint freedom
endurance building · balance exercises · occupational therapy · gradual return · prehabilitation · retraining · coordination exercises
- aerospace medicinebioastronautics, microgravity, zero gravity, pressure suit, space suit
- unlearningforgetting, deprogramming, deschooling, undoing
- weaknessweakness, feebleness, frailty, debility, asthenia
- Aftereffectsaftermath, aftershock, fallout, side effects, ripple effect
deconditioningconditioning
Learned behavioral adaptation
reinforcement · classical conditioning · operant conditioning · behavioral conditioning · Pavlovian conditioning
deconditioningconditioning
Learned behavioral adaptation
training · physical conditioning · fitness training · strength training · muscle building
deconditioningconditioning
Learned behavioral adaptation
habituation · habit formation · entrenchment · indoctrination · programming
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