The concepts and new trends of orthopaedic rehabilitation / 中华创伤骨科杂志

ABSTRACT

Orthopedic rehabilitation (OR) is defined as a subspecialty which involves the use of functional training, prosthetic and orthotic care with or without orthopaedic surgery for orthopaedic patients, with the purpose of maximizing the recovery of their physical and psychosocial functions. The rise of OR makes the orthopaedic surgeons increase the awareness of rehabilitation for disability and makes the rehabilitation physicians increase the awareness of clinical rehabilitation. It is predicted that OR will make remarkable progress during the Bone and Joint Decade (2000～ 2010), focusing on development of new assessment instruments, research on clinical biomechanical mechanism in the etiology of a number of joint disorders, development of new technology, methods of functional training and new aids, and bringing OR functional training and care to community and home base setting.