Late Rehabilitation of the Injured

Rehabilitation of the injured child.

a School of Population Health, Faculty of Medical and Health Sciences, University of Auckland, Auckland, 1142, New Zealand. b Department of Violence and Injury Prevention and Disability, World Health Organization, Geneva, Switzerland. c School of Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States of America. Correspondence to Shanthi Ameratunga (e-mail: [email protected]). Several r...

The Rehabilitation of the Injured: Occupational Therapy

Rehabilitation of head injured children.

Correspondence to: Dr D M B Hall, Community Health Services, Clare House, St George's Hospital, Blackshaw Road, London SW17 OQT. Epidemiology of head injury in childhood Between the ages of 1 and 14 years accidents constitute the greatest single cause of death and head injuries account for 40% of these, amounting to 403 in the United Kingdom in 1985.1 Only about one quarter of children who rece...

Explaining the psychosocial facilitators factors in the rehabilitation of injured athletes: A qualitative study

Sports injuries are one of the common crises that have a significant impact on the quality of life of athletes. Athletes do not show the same psychological response to sports injuries, and these reactions are influenced by several factors. This study aimed to identify psychosocial facilitators in the rehabilitation of injured athletes. Statistical Society consisted of all athletes injured in sp...

Rehabilitation methods for the burn injured individual.

Physiatrists play a critical role in managing the medical and functional consequences of serious burn injuries. Goals of rehabilitation include wound healing, scar prevention, hypertrophic scarring suppression, full range of motion, strengthening, and independent mobility and activities of daily living. This article is an overview of burn rehabilitation principles and patient management. The ul...