title: [Sports therapy and rehabilitation sports--a health policy responsibility of rehabilitation].
abstract: From a demographic and health policy perspective, movement and sports are gaining increased importance in terms of their preventive, therapeutic and rehabilitative potential. Successful use of sports therapy and rehabilitation sports in rehabilitating paraplegics, breast cancer patients, and patients with total hip replacement have provided convincing proof of their positive physical, mental and social impact, hence of the substantial contributions they are able to make towards enhancing specific parameters of the quality of life. It is assumed that movement and sports are conducive in particular in chronic conditions, in line with the principle of "rehabilitation taking priority over care". Whether reduced health care spending will ensue, will in the final analysis have to be determined through controlled longitudinal studies, which have not been embarked upon as yet. Successful rehabilitation in this domain presupposes adequately qualified staffing in movement therapy-focussed rehabilitation facilities, both in- and out-patient, availability of an uninterrupted rehabilitation chain as well as appropriate follow-up for evaluation.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Rehabilitation und Behindertensport Deutsche Sporthochschule Köln.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schüle
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006233:Persons with Disabilities / Q000523:psychology; D005081:Exercise Therapy; D005260:Female; D006291:Health Policy; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010264:Paraplegia / Q000523:psychology / Q000534:rehabilitation; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011788:Quality of Life; D012050:Rehabilitation, Vocational; D012803:Sick Role; D013177:Sports; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Sporttherapie und Rehabilitationssport--eine gesundheitspolitische Aufgabe der Rehabilitation.