title: Logistics of companion animal rehabilitation.
abstract: Setting up rehabilitation services presents several challenges to the veterinary practitioner. Members of the rehabilitation team need to have a solid knowledge base of acute and chronic orthopedic and neurologic disorders and a knowledge of rehabilitation principles and applications. The working environment has to be adapted to patients with limited mobility, specific equipment and supplies are to be used, and a fee structure should be implemented. This article reviews these logistic aspects of companion animal rehabilitation.
authors.affiliation: North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA. denis_marcellin@ncsu.edu
authors.forename: Denis J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: Marcellin-Little
authors.forename: Kim
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Danoff
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Taylor
authors.forename: Caroline
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Adamson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000829:Animals, Domestic; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010348:Patient Care Team; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000592:standards / Q000662:veterinary*; D012046:Rehabilitation / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods / Q000458:organization & administration; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014730:Veterinary Medicine / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods* / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards