[Social and work rehabilitation of patients with spinal fractures and their sequelae]

In order to study possible social-working rehabilitation of people with fractures of the backbone and their sequellae complex, mainly dynamic, clinico-laboratory investigations were carried out in 224 people with non-complicated fractures of the thoracic and lumbar sections of the vertebral column within 1--15 and more years after trauma. More than 30% of the patients were considered to be stable invalids at the primary examination. The social-working rehabilitation of people with sequellae of the backbone fractures is based on the state of compensation of the disturbed functions of the vertebral column and the character of the occupation.