Open AccessHome-based rehabilitation programs: Promising field to maximize function of patients with traumatic spinal cord injury
Author(s) -
Mojtaba Rezaei,
Amirsina Sharifi,
Alexander R. Vaccaro,
Vafa RahimiMovaghar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
asian journal of neurosurgery
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2248-9614
DOI - 10.4103/ajns.ajns_86_17
Subject(s) - rehabilitation , medicine , multidisciplinary approach , gadget , medline , psychological intervention , spinal cord injury , physical therapy , physical medicine and rehabilitation , nursing , spinal cord , psychiatry , social science , algorithm , sociology , computer science , political science , law
Traumatic spinal cord injury (TSCI) has profound effects on the patient's health condition and function. However current treatment strategies fail in terms of cure. Thus, rehabilitative management has become the main gadget to promote patients' residual function. The most challenging aspect of rehabilitation is high costs of inpatient rehabilitation programs and poor continuity of care while patients are transferred to home. In this regard, numerous home based rehabilitation programs have been introduced.