Prevention-of-impairment-and-disabilities activities in leprosy after integration: role for physical medicine and rehabilitation personnel.
Indian J Lepr
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2006 Oct-Dec; 78(4): 347-57
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em Inglês
| IMSEAR
| ID: sea-55539
ABSTRACT
Referral options for specialist care for prevention of impairment and disabilities are imperative in order to make an integrated leprosy control system work. This requires an understanding of the disease, in addition to the special skills for managing specific disabilities. Physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) personnel are better equipped to handle leprosy-related disabilities. They are well versed with biomechanical aspects of deformities, and are competent to provide splints, orthoses, etc. to the needy persons, and they can assess sensory motor functions and deformities. If PMR personnel can be trained in deformity correction they can become valuable resource persons for secondary and tertiary care of leprosy-affected persons. PMR persons, therefore, have the opportunity to volunteer themselves for this job to fill the void created by the fading out of leprosy surgeons. They will also have to bear additional responsibility to train general health care workers so as to empower them to look after the needs of those disabled by leprosy, many of whom will continue to be available for a number of years to come.
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Assunto principal:
Medicina Física e Reabilitação
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Reabilitação
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Centros de Reabilitação
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Humanos
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Úlcera do Pé
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Pessoas com Deficiência
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Pessoal Técnico de Saúde
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Índia
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Hanseníase
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Indian J Lepr
Assunto da revista:
Tropical Medicine
Ano de publicação:
2006
Tipo de documento:
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