Researches and theses entitled with physically disabled persons and rehabilitation in Thailand during 1992-1996.

ABSTRACT

Researches and these entitled with physically disabled persons and rehabilitation during 1992-1996 were collected and analyzed. Total number of 5-year period was 240 articles. Thirty-eight, 37, 58, 44 and 63 articles were published in 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995 and 1996 respectively. The majority of the researches were published in the subspecialty journals and journals of associated paramedics. Of those 178 papers studied in disabled persons, the most common topics entitled with rehabilitation in musculoskeletal pain (14.0%), followed by disease of peripheral nerve (13.9%), brain disease (12.9%) and disabled from spinal cord problems (10.7%). Most of the papers in the first and second groups were associated health care system. On contrary, the majority of the third and fourth groups were conducted to predict the treatment outcome. The least common topics were rehabilitation in persons with ischemic heart disease (2.8%), cerebral palsy (2.2%) and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (1.1%). The studies concerning epidemiology and risk factors of all groups of diseases leading to disabilities were still lacking.