The association of rehabilitation and war

Eldar, Reuben; Jelić, M.

doi:10.1080/0963828031000137739

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“…The disciplines of physiatry, physical and occupational therapy, rehabilitation engineering, and vocational rehabilitation were largely formed in response to the needs of injured soldiers returning from the first and second World Wars [2][3][4][5]. Technological advances in assistive devices, such as wheelchairs, prostheses, and orthoses, were largely discovered to improve the lives of veterans with paralysis and limb loss [4][5][6]. Further, the determination of many veterans with disabilities to return to highly active lifestyles has greatly contributed to improved access of all individuals with disabilities to sports and recreation [7][8].…”

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Quality of medical care provided to service members with combat-related limb amputations: Report of patient satisfaction

Pasquina

Tsao

Collins

et al. 2008

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Abstract-A group of 158 service members who sustained major limb amputations during the global war on terrorism were surveyed on their satisfaction with the quality of care received from the Walter Reed Army Medical Center (WRAMC) Amputee Clinic from the time of their injury to their inpatient discharge. Of these participants, 96% were male, 77% were Caucasian, 89% were enlisted personnel, and 68% had sustained lower-limb amputations. WRAMC inpatient therapy, peer visitors, overall medical care, and pain management received particularly high satisfaction ratings. Age, race, rank, and level and side of amputation had little effect on overall satisfaction ratings. Significant differences, however, were found by location of injury (Iraq vs Afghanistan, Cuba, and Africa) regarding satisfaction with care received while in Europe and with the education process at WRAMC. Study findings strongly support the rehabilitation-based, integrative care approach designed by the U.S. military to care for service members with amputations.

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Quality of medical care provided to service members with combat-related limb amputations: Report of patient satisfaction

Pasquina

Tsao

Collins

et al. 2008

JRRD

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“…Since the 19th century, major progress has been made in rehabilitation as a result of wartime developments, from the limited framework emphasizing orthotics during the U.S. Civil War, to the development of physical and occupational therapy and vocational rehabilitation during World War I (WWI), to the development of comprehensive integrated rehabilitation and specialized spinal cord injury (SCI) centers during and after World War II (WWII) [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14] . Nevertheless, wartime developments in rehabilitation had limited impact on post-service veteran or civilian care until after WWII [3,8,9] .…”

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The Influence of the Two World Wars on the Development of Rehabilitation for Spinal Cord Injuries in the United States and Great Britain

Lanska

2016

War Neurology

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During World War I, physical and occupational therapies became important adjuncts to surgical practice, particularly for orthopedic casualties, but there was little progress in the management of severe brain and spinal cord injuries (SCIs), largely because of the very high mortality of such injuries at that time. During World War II (WWII), rehabilitation was greatly expanded into an integrated, comprehensive multidisciplinary program in the U.S. military, largely because of the efforts of Howard Rusk (1901-1989), initially in the Army Air Corps and later across all of the services. With Bernard Baruch's (1870-1965) assistance, Rusk was also successful in swaying President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882-1945) to support rehabilitation for injured veterans and to give official standing to rehabilitation medicine in the military and the Veterans Administration after WWII. Such WWII developments in rehabilitation medicine had a profound effect on the care, functional outcomes, and survival of veterans with SCIs. Neurosurgeon Donald Munro's (1898-1978) prototype SCI unit at Boston City Hospital in 1936 influenced the U.S. Army to establish several SCI centers during WWII and influenced urologist Ernest Bors (1900-1990) to pioneer SCI care in Veterans Administration medical centers after WWII. In Britain, the organizational leadership of George Riddoch (1888-1947) led to the development of SCI units that saw their greatest development by Ludwig Guttmann (1899-1980) at Stoke-Mandeville Hospital in Aylesbury, near London. These SCI centers provided a comprehensive spectrum of care, including medical, neurological, and surgical management; psychological counseling; and rehabilitation focused on improving self-care, mobility, and re-assimilation into society. After WWII, military developments in comprehensive rehabilitation were promulgated to and developed in the revitalized Veterans Administration and then disseminated to civilian populations.

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“…S napretkom mikrohirurgije i organizacijom interdisciplinarnog lečenja urgentnih stanja, zbog smanjivanja njihovog mortaliteta raste i problematika njihove rehabilitacije [6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] . Sa porastom saobraćajnog traumatizma poslednjih godina i u mirnodopskim prilikama pojavljuje se amputacija, kao jedna od posledica politraume sa kraniocerebralnom povredom (KCP) [17][18][19][20][21] .…”

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Specificities of prosthetic and orthotic rehabilitation in amputees with head injury

Teofilovski¹,

Parapid

Rakić

et al. 2011

VOJNOSANIT PREGL

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The association of rehabilitation and war

Cited by 36 publications

References 29 publications

Quality of medical care provided to service members with combat-related limb amputations: Report of patient satisfaction

Quality of medical care provided to service members with combat-related limb amputations: Report of patient satisfaction

The Influence of the Two World Wars on the Development of Rehabilitation for Spinal Cord Injuries in the United States and Great Britain

Specificities of prosthetic and orthotic rehabilitation in amputees with head injury

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