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EARLY MOBILIZATION AND REHABILITATION IN FRACTURES AND ORTHOPÆDIC CONDITIONS
Author(s) -
Huckstep R. L.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of surgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.111
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1445-2197
pISSN - 0004-8682
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-2197.1977.tb04300.x
Subject(s) - medicine , rehabilitation , mobilization , physical therapy , pathological , surgery , archaeology , pathology , history
Many advances have taken place during the past decade in the early mobilization of orthopædic patients and those with injuries. Light‐weight scientific splinting, early rigid fixation with compression plates and nails, and the early mobilization of patients with pathological fractures in neoplastic disease, have meant that these patients can often be mobile in days, and home in a fortnight, instead of spending months languishing in hospital. Scientific treatment of patients with neck and low back pain may similarly minimize chronic disability, while early rehabilitation can enable their early return to employment. It is the purpose of this paper to underline some of the important advances in treatment which have made this possible.