Logistics of companion animal rehabilitation.
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.
Marcellin-Little
Denis J
DJ
North Carolina State University College of Veterinary Medicine, 4700 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27606, USA. denis_marcellin@ncsu.edu
Danoff
Kim
K
Taylor
Robert
R
Adamson
Caroline
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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