Orthopedic rehabilitation refers to the comprehensive and coordinated application of various medical measures, including physical therapy, exercise therapy, and medical engineering, to reduce limb dysfunction in orthopedic patients, enabling them to quickly and better recover their physical motor function and reintegrate into society. The main contents of orthopedic rehabilitation include: muscle strength training, joint function training, joint proprioceptive and balance function training, gait training, rehabilitation treatment of neurological function, and application of prostheses and orthotics.
characteristic
(1) Early rehabilitation
① The rehabilitation of musculoskeletal injuries begins from the early stages of clinical management, with rehabilitation physicians and therapists involved in the clinical treatment plan.
② Early intervention in rehabilitation may prevent the occurrence of many complications and improve surgical efficacy.
(2) Mutual infiltration
① The ultimate goal of orthopedic treatment is functional recovery.
② Rehabilitation medicine has penetrated into all aspects of orthopedic clinical practice.
③ Rehabilitation treatment is necessary from injury to surgery, from tissue healing to functional recovery, from vocational training to returning to society.
④ In recent years, various new surgical methods, technologies, and materials in orthopedics have emerged continuously.
⑤ Rehabilitation professionals must strive to learn the basic knowledge of orthopedics, master the diagnosis and treatment methods of common and frequently occurring diseases, and understand the surgical process when rehabilitating postoperative patients.
⑥ The treatment of modern orthopedic diseases can no longer be limited to just medication and surgery.
⑦ The final effect of treatment is not better than surgery, but depends on the patient's ultimate functional recovery.
⑧ Rehabilitation medicine intervention is needed.
(3) Strong professionalism
① Musculoskeletal rehabilitation is a highly specialized discipline.
② Familiarize or master the clinical examination methods, diagnostic points, and treatment principles of orthopedics to guide rehabilitation treatment.
③ Rehabilitation therapy techniques are an important part of musculoskeletal rehabilitation.
(4) Working in groups
① A treatment team consisting of rehabilitation physicians, orthopedic surgeons, various rehabilitation therapists, nurses, and social workers is responsible for the diagnosis, treatment, assessment, and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal patients.
② Some important issues in rehabilitation treatment often require consultation and decision-making between orthopedic surgeons and rehabilitation physicians.
(5) Relationship with other disciplines
Orthopedic rehabilitation is closely related to sports medicine, physical medicine, geriatrics, psychology, biomedical engineering, sociology, and other fields.
