posture - CISMeF

Preferred Label : posture;

MeSH definition : The position or attitude of the body.; The position or physical attitude of the body.;

MeSH synonym : postures;

CISMeF synonym : Position, Seated; Position, Sitting; Position, Standing; Positions, Seated; Positions, Sitting; Positions, Standing; Seated Positions; Sitting Positions; Standing Positions;

DeCS synonym : Sitting Position; Standing Position; Seated Position;

CISMeF hyponym : Seated Position;

MeSH annotation : PRONE POSITION; SUPINE POSITION; & HEAD-DOWN TILT are also available;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posture;

Details

Origin ID

D011187;

UMLS CUI

C5779771;

Allowable qualifiers
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Body position finding (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Orthostatic body position (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Postural (qualifier value) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posture [HPMULTI term]
- Posture [LOINC component]
- Posture (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posturing [MedDRA Preferred Term]
- Sit [LOINC component]
- Sitting position (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Standing [NCIt concept]
- guide to good posture [MedlinePlus Topic]
- postural [SNOMED Notion]
- posture, nos [SNOMED Notion]
- sitting [LOINC Challenge]
- sitting position [Radlex concept]
- sitting position [Artificial nutrition thesaurus concept]
- sitting position [SNOMED Notion]
- standing [LOINC Challenge]
- standing position [Radlex concept]
- standing) [LOINC Challenge]
Record concept(s)
- posture [MeSH concept]
See also
- hypotension, orthostatic [MeSH Descriptor]
- kinesics [MeSH Descriptor]
- patient positioning [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- drainage, postural [MeSH Descriptor]
- postural balance [MeSH Descriptor]
- postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Finding [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Body Position [ICNP localization]
- Body Position [NCIt concept]
- Body position (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Body position finding (finding) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Posture [LOINC component]
- Posture (observable entity) [SNOMED CT concept]
- posture, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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