title: Physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM) care pathways: "patients after knee ligament surgery".
abstract: This document is part of a series of documents designed by the French Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Society (Sofmer) and the French Federation of PRM (Fedmer). These documents describe the needs for or a specific type of patients; PRM care objectives, human and material resources to be implemented, chronology as well as expected outcomes. "Care pathways in PRM" is a short document designed to enable the reader (physicians, decision-maker, administrator, lawyer or finance manager) to quickly apprehend the needs of these patients and the available therapeutic care structures for proper organization and pricing of these activities. Patients after knee ligament surgery are classified into four care sequences and two clinical categories, taking into account personal and environmental factors that could influence patients' needs, in accordance with the International Classification of Functioning (WHO).
authors.affiliation: Service de MPR, CHU-Hôpital Bellevue, 42055 Saint-Étienne Cedex 02, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Calmels
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ribinik
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Barrois
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Le Moine
authors.forename: A-P
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Yelnik
mesh_terms: D000359:Aftercare; D019091:Critical Pathways / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D007718:Knee Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation* / Q000601:surgery; D008023:Ligaments, Articular / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011300:Preoperative Care