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Objective To investigate the occupational burnout status of rehabilitation therapists in medical institutions and analyze relat-ed factors. Methods From December, 2015 to February, 2016, a total of 264 rehabilitation therapists, selected with random cluster sampling method, were investigated with Maslach Burnout Inventory-General Survey (MBI-GS) in Bengbu, China. Results The detection rate of ther-apist burnout was 81.1%, and the average score was (3.13±1.07). There were significant differences in the score of occupational burnout and its three dimensions (P0.05). Multiple regression analysis showed that the gender, age, marital status, educational background, professional title, shift work, job demand, job autonomy, social support, de-mand-autonomy ratio and income levels were the factors related with occupational burnout. Conclusion Rehabilitation therapists generally feel occupational burnout. It is different with demographic characteristics and working conditions.
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Objective To explore basic regularities in sinew lesion distribution in patients with knee osteoarthritis. Method Two hundred and thirty knee osteoarthritis patients with 253 affected knees were selected. Under the sinew theory, the positions and frequency of sinew foci around the knee joint were counted by palpation. Result In the distribution of foci, the total frequency accounted for 39.1% in the Foot-Yangming. Of them, the single Foot-Yangming sinew type accounted for 23.3% and the complex type accounted for 48.5%. The total frequency accounted for 32.4% in the Foot-Taiyang. Of them, the single Foot-Taiyang sinew type accounted for 21.3%, the complex type accounted for 44.5%. The Foot-Yangming + Foot-Taiyang sinew lesions accounted for 14.6% and the single foot-three-yin sinew type accounted for 15.0%. Conclusion Knee osteoarthritis of Foot-Yangming or Foot-Taiyang sinew type should be treated from “sinew”.