When the Client Restricts Use of the Dominant Arm Because

When the client restricts use of the dominant arm because of pain and the nurse notes that the measurement of the circumference of the client's nondominant arm is greater than the 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.