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    This document discusses handicap care and rehabilitation. It defines handicap and disability as any physical, cognitive, or mental limitation that prevents an individual from independently performing normal activities. Rehabilitation aims to enhance functional ability and quality of life for those with impairments through prevention strategies, therapeutic exercises, and a multidisciplinary team approach. Proper rehabilitation can significantly improve outcomes for patients with handicaps through increased physical activity and improved quality of life.

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    Handicap care

    Mr. Muthuukaruppan M.

    Handicap & Disability


    Disadvantage

    for a given individual in his or her social


    context, that limits or prevents the fulfillment of a role
    that is normal to an individual.
    Any restriction or lack of ability to perform an activity
    in the manner normal to a individual.
    Physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional or
    combinations are noted.
    Disability prevents subjects from being independent.
    Disabled persons are addressed Differently Abled
    persons.

    Rehabilitation
    Enhance

    and restore functional ability and quality


    of life to those with physical impairments or
    disabilities
    Primary prevention, Secondary prevention &
    Tertiary prevention
    Goal is to Add life to years, not years to life

    WHO Identified 6 Handicaps


    Locomotor

    handicap: paraplegias
    Hearing & speech handicap: loss of hearing & inability to
    speak
    Cardiopulmonary handicap: respiratory & vascular disorders
    Visual handicap: blindness
    Mental handicap: Conditions like Downs syndrome,
    dyslexias
    Emotionally disturbed

    Primary

    disabilities are direct consequences of a


    disease. eg-spinal cord injury, stroke
    Secondary disabilities are those which did not
    exist at the onset of primary disability but develop
    subsequently. eg-tight muscles, joints etc.

    Result of Decreased Activity due to


    handicap

    Rehabilitation Team
    Doctor
    Physiotherapist
    Occupationaltherapist
    Speech pathologist
    Prosthetist Orthotist
    Rehabilitation nurse
    Psychologist
    Music or play therapist
    Biomedical engineer

    Social worker
    Vocational counselor
    Special educator
    Government agencies

    Delivery of Rehabilitation care


    Institutional

    based care (IBR)

    Homes
    Day

    care centers
    Outpatient clinic
    Camps
    Community based rehabilitation (CBR)

    Therapeutic exercises
    Strengthening

    exercises
    Balance training
    Coordination exercises
    Gait training
    Mobilization exercises
    Re-education exercises
    Massage techniques
    Relaxation exercises

    Strengthening exercises:
    Set of exercises to improve the power of the
    muscle or muscle groups
    FITT principle frequency, intensity, time & type
    Types of contraction concentric, eccentric or
    isometric
    Precautions needed to be taken care.
    Balance training:
    Procedures assisting in improving static & dynamic
    balance are used in training

    Coordination exercises:
    For performing precise smooth and purposeful
    movement using multiple muscles and a stable posture
    Volition - Ability to start, maintain or stop an activity
    Perception intact centers and areas in brain to
    retrieve the plans stored prior
    Motor plans in central nervous system
    Repetitive exercises, precision & attention are
    important part of treatment

    Gait training:
    Gait or human locomotion is a translatory
    progression of the body as a whole, produced by
    coordinated movements of body segments.
    Normal gait requires sensory inputs and proper
    muscular activity.
    Gait training can be given using assistive devices
    such as crutches, walkers, sticks etc.

    Mobilization exercises:
    Mobilization is passive movement in such a
    manner or speed that the patient can stop the
    movement at his will.
    It helps in restoring or maintaining joint movement
    Massage techniques:
    Manipulation of soft tissues and assisting in
    circulation of extremities
    Assists in treating pathological disorders.

    Relaxation exercises:
    Relaxation is a state in which the muscles of the
    body are relatively free from tension
    General relaxation & Local relaxation
    Reeducation exercises:
    Exercises taught to train a lost or new activity to
    muscle groups after various pathologies.
    Done in grades to increase the activity
    subsequently

    Summary
    Physical Activity/Exercise

    can improve disability

    and handicap
    Improvement in quality of life

    Rehabilitation is clearly the only practical means of


    significantly improving function in Handicap
    patients
    George Kraft, MD
    The Lancet, December 11, 1999

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