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decondition
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de·con·di·tion  (dkn-dshn)
v. de·con·di·tioned, de·con·di·tion·ing, de·con·di·tions
v.tr.
1. Psychology To cause (a conditioned response, such as a phobia) to become extinct.
2. To cause to decline from a condition of physical fitness, as through a prolonged period of inactivity or, in astronauts, through weightlessness in space.
v.intr.
To lose physical fitness.

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Indeed, an assumption often is made that the pathology has largely resolved and that the remaining pain and disability are attributable to psychosocial factors and deconditioning due to inactivity.
In some individuals, both pain conditions can become chronic and disabling, evolving into an entrenched and vicious cycle of psychological distress and suffering, physical deconditioning, withdrawal from activities, behavioral dysfunction, as well as dependence on medication and health care services (Eimer & Freeman, 1998).
On the other hand, the use of PEG tubes has been reported to possibly promote a longer period of nonoral feeding secondary to the deconditioning of the muscles of deglutition.
 
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