The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (American). 2007;89:2316-2324.
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What's New in Orthopaedic Rehabilitation

Harish S. Hosalkar, MD, MBMS(Orth), FCPS(Orth), DNB(Orth)1, Sudheer Reddy, MD1, Chiara Mariani, MD1 and Mary Ann Keenan, MD1

1 Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, 3400 Spruce Street, 2 Silverstein, Philadelphia, PA 19104. E-mail address for M.A. Keenan: maryann.keenan@uphs.upenn.edu

Specialty Update has been developed in collaboration with the Council of Musculoskeletal Specialty Societies (COMSS) of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.

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   Introduction
 
Orthopaedic rehabilitation involves the care of patients with complex musculoskeletal problems, which are global in nature rather than being limited to one or two anatomic locations. It is a specialty that combines biomechanics and biology in a unique manner with an approach that focuses on improving the functional outcome for individuals with musculoskeletal disability through operative and nonoperative management.

This specialty encompasses patients of all ages, a broad range of anatomic locations, and a variety of musculoskeletal dysfunctions. Orthopaedic rehabilitation comprises all of the traditional orthopaedic subspecialties, including amputation surgery, prosthetic and orthotic management, neuromuscular diseases, and the variety of other neurologic disorders, with focus on the musculoskeletal system as a whole as well as on the linkages and couplings between bones, joints, muscles, and the nervous system.

This Specialty Update highlights presentations and advances in several areas of orthopaedic rehabilitation that were discussed at meetings of the Orthopaedic Rehabilitation . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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