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Rehabilitation Approaches:

How do we manage immobility?

Rehabilitation Medicine

● Holistic and comprehensive
● Aims::
○ TO PREVENT COMPLICATIONS
○ TO IMPROVE IMPAIRMENTS

○ TO IMPROVE FUNCTION

Rehabilitation for bedridden:

Components that we manage in hospital set up are:

● Medical – illness, medications, assessments, complications,
outcome

● Nursing- feeding, bladder, bowel, skin care, personal
activity of daily living
● Physical- mobility, exercise , physical modalities
● Functional- personal activities of daily living, assistive
devices
● Carer’s education and training

Clinical examination:

● Vital Signs: Orthostatic changes
● Conscious level
● Visual and hearing impairment
● ROM/Muscle strength; contractures
● Sensation/proprioception
● Balance and Gait

● Functional Assessment-“Timed Get up
and Go test”