title: [Disability prevention in Hansen's disease: reality at a health service].
abstract: In Hansen's disease, the third part of advanced incidences or non treated cases exhibit some patterns of physical incapacity, besides the prejudice and beliefs generated by deformities-which the patients may present if they do not get a correct treatment. Which basis on this problematical question of the disease a group of professionals composed of medical doctors, nurses, physical therapist, occupational therapist and social worker made a study of the incapacities of the Hansen's disease patients through a detailed physical exam. This study intended to identify sensory and motor injuries of the face, upper and lower limbs. This study also develops a research about the necessity to systematize the assistance given in a public health center.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Enfermagem-UFSCar, São Carlos, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: E S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Pedrazzani
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Maluf
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pedroso
authors.forename: C Y
authors.initials: CY
authors.lastname: Toyoda
mesh_terms: D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006266:Health Education; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D017880:Limb Deformities, Congenital; D014459:Ulnar Nerve / Q000503:physiopathology
vernacular_title: Prevenção de incapacidades em hanseniase: realidade numa unidade sanitária.