[Rehabilitation treatment of children with rheumatoid arthritis after operations on the hip joint]

The authors present their experience in the recovery treatment of 37 children suffering from rheumatoid arthritis after 40 treatment-and-prophylactic and reconstructive operations on the hip joint. The peculiarities++ of drug therapy and hormonal protection during the postoperative period are reflected. The terms of starting the performance of passive and active movements in the operated joint are given, as well as the terms of partial and complete loading of the extremity with regard to the state of the muscle function, the bone structure and the function of the operated and other affected joints. The sequence of using the methods of physiotherapy and therapeutic physical training is pointed out. The necessity of complex use of these means of treatment is stressed.