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The changing needs of patients after primary rehabilitation: an overlooked entity
1Department of Orthopedic Rehabilitation, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel.
Disability and Rehabilitation
|January 12, 1999
Abstract
Purpose:
The need for rehabilitation should not be viewed as a single event that may occur during a lifetime. This theme is explored.
Method:
A case of a man who lost the distal portions of all four limbs, is reported.
Results:
He was rehabilitated and spent many years as an active member of the community. The physical changes, owing to advancing age, were overlooked.
Conclusions:
Attention is drawn to the fact that long term re-evaluation of function is periodically required.