{"id":90339,"date":"2022-10-25T09:24:57","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T06:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lsmu.lt\/?page_id=90339"},"modified":"2024-06-10T15:04:29","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T12:04:29","slug":"department-of-rehabilitation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lsmu.lt\/en\/about-lsmu\/structure\/medical-academy\/faculty-of-nursing\/departments\/department-of-rehabilitation\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Rehabilitation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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ABOUT US<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Units of the Department of Rehabilitation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Unit<\/strong> applies preformed physical factors and hydrotherapy for patient treatment. We perform over 160,000 procedures annually, i.e. provide treatment to over 15,000 patients. Our unit is part of the University Hospital, which has enabled us to become the first in Lithuania to deploy the most advanced treatment methods, including shockwave therapy, high-intensity laser therapy, magnetic therapy, ultrasound therapy, restorative functional electrical stimulation of muscle and nervous system, and the progress evaluation by the diagnostic procedures such as electromyography and myotonometry. For severe patients, electrical stimulation treatments are also available. Currently, electrical stimulation of muscles is mainly used in post-operative patients for the prevention of thromboembolic complications, bedsores, incontinence, for diaphragm pacing, in cases of peripheral neuropathy, and in children for the correction of torticollis and flat feet. Pain relief electrical stimulation is often used at the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology for patients after knee and hip surgery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Neurorehabilitation Unit <\/strong>was established on 3 April 1997. At present, it has 20 inpatient beds. The Unit treats patients with severe impairment of biosocial functions after head and spinal cord injuries or surgeries, circulatory disorders, and multiple bone fractures. It also provides early inpatient rehabilitation of adults (“Rehabilitation III”) for neurological and musculoskeletal patients, who have received the first stage of rehabilitation services at the Kaunas Clinics (Kauno Klinikos) Hospital of the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences (LSMU) We perform over 35,000 procedures annually, i.e. provide treatment to over 130 patients. The Unit operates as a team of rehabilitation specialists, applying individualised integrated rehabilitation: medication-assisted treatment, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, physiotherapy, counselling by a psychologist, and social worker services. Research-based, innovative rehabilitation methods are applied: an interactive system and virtual reality equipment are used to test and develop cognitive functions during occupational therapy and speech therapy procedures. Art therapy is applied by art therapy students at the Faculty of Nursing. The Neurorehabilitation Unit is listed as the mandatory training facilities for the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Residency Programme and the Neurology Residency Programme. During the third year of residency, resident doctors work at the Unit for 1 to 2 months, supervising 7 to 10 patients.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Physiotherapy Unit<\/strong> specialises in movement-based treatment. Around 17,000 patients receive physiotherapy in inpatient and outpatient settings, with over 78 000 treatments performed annually at the Unit. The physiotherapists working at the Unit perform the assessment of the patient’s functional status and help the patients perform physical exercises using modern physiotherapy methods and techniques.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Outpatient Rehabilitation Unit<\/strong> was established in 1999 and has the capacity to simultaneously treat up to 30 neurology, arthritis, trauma, cardiac, and pulmonary patients according to the diagnosed indications. The work of the Unit is organised on the basis of a specialist team that includes a doctor, nurse, physiotherapist, social worker, psychologist, and an occupational therapist who work together with the patient as needed. Patients are referred to the Outpatient Rehabilitation Unit by specialists (rheumatologists, neurologists, cardiologists) or by family doctors after completing all the documents (extract from the medical record or outpatient referral form f.027-a, and f.070-a, which is submitted to the National Health Insurance Fund for a certificate of payment for treatment). Outpatients with the referral for a physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor\u2019s consultation as well as patients of the LSMU Department of Family Medicine are eligible for rehabilitation services, while paid services may be available in addition at the patient’s additional request.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speech therapy in the Speech Therapy room<\/strong>\u00a0is used for patients with central nervous system disorders. Speech correction exercises are used in neurological, neurosurgical, oncological, neurorehabilitation, and paediatric wards.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n

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