IP David: Casebook of orthopaedic rehabilitation

Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation.

Casebook

David Oliver: Rehabilitation is part of medicine.

I spoke recently at a conference on how future hospital models must adapt to older people’s needs. Conversation afterwards turned to doctors’ careers and what might make acute and general internal medicine more appealing. Someone pulled out the chestnut (one sadly familiar to geriatricians) that “doctors don’t go into medicine to do social work.” I have problems with this viewpoint. Let me tran...

Cardiology Casebook

Advancing age affects vascular structure and function. However, since the aging process varies between men and women, there must be other factors that influence aging. Extensive medical literature describes how vascular function differs in older and younger individuals. Certainly genetics have a major and defining influence on longevity. The question that begs an answer is, do environmental fac...

The Effect of Mental and Physical Practice on Standing Balance:The Orthopaedic Rehabilitation Approach

The researches have shown that mental practice has the effective role in aquisition of motor skills. On the other hand in orthopaedic rehabilitation, balance exercise is used effectively to improve proprioception impairment that resulting from joint injuries. Little work has been done to evaluate and compare the effects of mental (M), Physical (P), and mental - physical (MP) practice on standin...