RT Book, Section
A1 Armour, Doris J.
A1 Lin, John L.
A2 McKean, Sylvia C.
A2 Ross, John J.
A2 Dressler, Daniel D.
A2 Brotman, Daniel J.
A2 Ginsberg, Jeffrey S.
SR Print(0)
ID 56195948
T1 Chapter 66. Rehabilitation of the Orthopedic Surgical Patient
T2 Principles and Practice of Hospital Medicine
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-160389-8
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56195948
RD 2024/04/19
AB Acute  rehabilitation  tries  to  restore  the  premorbid  physical  and  mental  functioning  of  patients  as  much  as  possible  by  increasing  muscle  strength  and  patient  endurance,  improving  muscular  coordination  and  control,  and  providing  adaptive  equipment  when  necessary.  Choosing  the  appropriate  setting  for  provision  of  the  needed  services  requires  a  working  knowledge  of  the  different  levels  of  care  available  for  rehabilitation  services—acute  inpatient  rehabilitation,  subacute  rehabilitation,  outpatient  rehabilitation,  and  home  health  services.  Determinants  of  the  appropriate  level  of  care  include  the  functional  limitations  of  the  patient,  the  need  for  medical  monitoring,  social  support,  cognitive  functioning,  nursing  needs,  therapeutic  disciplines  required,  and  ability  to  tolerate  three  hours  of  therapy  a  day.