Epidemiology and impact of early rehabilitation of spinal trauma after the 2005 earthquake in Kashmir, India.

摘要

In a massive natural calamity like the Kashmir (India) earthquake of 2005, a collective effort by a rehabilitation team for providing supportive/assistive devices along with physiotherapy and psychotherapy has significantly helped in recovery of functional and psychological status of the spinal trauma victims. No doubt that the life saving operations and definitive surgery are important to combat major catastrophe in such disasters but early medical rehabilitation is equally important to reduce injury-related disability.