In an acute care sitting in a chair, which activity is described under mobility?

• A. Sit to stand transfers or partial transfers
• B. Increase demand in sitting as tolerated
• C. Toileting
• D. Very gentle exercise/ROM

Answer: (A)

Mobility involves moving the body from one position to another or from one place to another. When a patient is seated in a chair, the activity that fits mobility is sit-to-stand transfers or partial transfers—moving from sitting to a standing position. This requires weight shifting, leg push-off, balance, and coordinated movement, and it enables further functional tasks like standing, repositioning, or walking. Other options represent different domains: toileting is a personal care task (an ADL); very gentle exercise/ROM is therapeutic range-of-motion work; and increasing demand in sitting as tolerated reflects endurance or activity tolerance rather than a positional transfer.