History of formation and development of traumatological and orthopedic patients rehabilitation in Nizhny Novgorod region

Abstract

Medical rehabilitation in our country is under reformation currently and new rehabilitation system model is being created. In this regard, it is particularly important to study path of our predecessors and pioneers of this scientific direction. The article analyzes the experience of organization and establishment of industrial rehabilitation system for patients and disabled persons, created on the basis of Nizhny Novgorod research Institute of traumatology and orthopedics and medical-sanitary unit of Gorky automobile factory in the 70-s of the previous century. The article focused on both medical and socio-economic efficiency issues of the established system, which has been a school of excellence in Russian Federation for many years. Knowledge of this experience could be of great value for current specialists, because, as our compatriot A.M. Gorky said, "Without knowing the past, it is impossible to understand the true meaning of the present and the goals of the future."