Author/Editor		Matoic, Branka
Title		Rehabilitacija bolnikov z artrozo
Translated title		Rehabilitation of osteoarthrotic patients
Type		članek
Source		Med Razgl
Vol. and No.		Letnik 41, št. Suppl 1
Publication year		2002
Volume		str. 127-31
Language		slo
Abstract		Medical treatment of patients diagnostically processed with identified arthrosis of one or more joints is mostly conservative, although with the development of arthroplasty, surgical treatment is becoming increasingly frequent. Treatment with medications is merely symptomatic and insufficient. The key role in treating such patients is played by rehabilitation, with an eye to preventing the progress of disease, improving a weakened or returning a lost function, substituting for or overcoming certain losses of function by applying aids and in training patients for an independent life by maintaining their family and partner role and normal social life, and lastly, to enable their vocational rehabilitation. In order for us to attain these objectives, a team-like and sometimes even interdisciplinary treatment of such patients is necessary, through involving the patient him- or herself, along with his/her family, in the rehabilitation process.
Summary		Zdravljenje bolnikov, ki so diagnostično obdelani in imajo ugotovljeno artrozo enega ali več sklepov, je večinoma konzervativno, čeprav z razvojem artroplastike tudi operativno zdravljenje postaja vse pogostejše. Zdravljenje z zdravili je le simptomatsko in nezadostno. Glavno vlogo pri teh bolnikih ima rehabilitacija, s katero preprečujemo napredovanje bolezni, izboljšujemo zmanjšano oziroma vračamo izgubljeno funkcijo, nadomeščamo oziroma premagujemo nekatere izpade funkcije z uporabo pripomočkov ter bolnike usposabljamo za samostojno življenje z ohranjanjem družinske in partnerske vloge ter običajnega družbenega življenja in ne nazadnje podaljšujemo njegovo poklicno aktivnost. Da bi vse te cilje mogli doseči, je nujna timska in včasih celo interdisciplinarna obravnava teh bolnikov z vključitvijo samega bolnika ter njegove družine v proces rehabilitacije.
Descriptors		OSTEOARTHRITIS PHYSICAL THERAPY