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Approaches to treating acute conditions may be inadequate when caring for patients with chronic health impairments. As a beginning, all physicians should be trained to use properly the terminology that characterizes disablement that is presented in the International Classification of Impairment, Disability, and Handicap of the World Health Organization. Analysis of functional performance needs to be a part of all medical interventions for chronic health conditions. Short-term, intensive medical rehabilitation is a particular strategy for enhancement of functional performance of disabled patients. Data on the outcomes of patients in a multi-institutional study is presented to show the results that may be expected when rehabilitation is given in selected cases following acute stroke.
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Granger, C.V. (1985). Medical Rehabilitation: Predicting Needs and Measuring Outcomes for Quality of Life. In: Gaitz, C.M., Niederehe, G., Wilson, N.L. (eds) Aging 2000: Our Health Care Destiny. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5062-3_22
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