Fracture Rehabilitation Guide

Author: Li Shuzhen
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Publish Date: 1999-04-01
Features: Fracture is one of the most common traumas, and trauma is one of the main causes of disability and death, severely threatening human life and quality of life. After a fracture, due to the of treatment, patients are required to immobilize the injured limb or part, which forces them to lie in bed for a long time or keep a limb in a state of disuse. In this situation, due to the lack of correct functional exercise and nursing knowledge, patients may develop some disuse syndromes and nursing complications, some of which may even lead to permanent disability, causing great harm to the patients themselves and their families. Therefore, understanding fractures and rehabilitation knowledge after fracture has become the urgent need of patients. The author of this book is facing this need, starting from three aspects: basic knowledge of fractures, treatment and nursing of fractures, and common knowledge of fracture rehabilitation, explaining in depth and vividly, with illustrations and text, focusing on how to perform self-care after a fracture, how to prevent disuse syndromes, what issues to pay attention to when undergoing traction or plaster treatment, and how to perform exercises in the early and recovery stages after a fracture. Striving to provide help and guidance to patients to achieve the purpose of promoting rehabilitation and reducing nursing complications.