TY - JOUR KW - Bone Diseases, Infectious KW - Humans KW - leprosy KW - Neuralgia KW - Palliative Care KW - Patient Education as Topic KW - Patient Participation KW - Physical Therapy Modalities KW - Rehabilitation Centers KW - Skin Diseases KW - Tropical Medicine AU - De Brier G AU - Jouvion A AU - Mercier J AU - Trappier T AU - Urseau I AU - Thefenne L AB -

Leprosy elimination (<1/100 000) is almost reached all around the world, although, but disabled people are still a lot, and they need rehabilitation as soon as possible. The different lesions (neurological, dermatologic and joint) must be treated in order to protect from handicap. Physical rehabilitation medicine can help with a global and polyvalent coverage. Therapeutic education and reinsertion are an important part.

BT - Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial C1 - http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22393618?dopt=Abstract C2 - France CY - Marseille DA - 2011 Dec IS - 6 J2 - Med Trop (Mars) LA - fre N2 -

Leprosy elimination (<1/100 000) is almost reached all around the world, although, but disabled people are still a lot, and they need rehabilitation as soon as possible. The different lesions (neurological, dermatologic and joint) must be treated in order to protect from handicap. Physical rehabilitation medicine can help with a global and polyvalent coverage. Therapeutic education and reinsertion are an important part.

PB - Institut de Medecine Tropicale du Service de Sante des Armees (I M T S S A) PP - Marseille PY - 2011 SP - 550 EP - 3 T2 - Medecine tropicale : revue du Corps de sante colonial TI - [The rehabilitation cares at the lepers]. VL - 71 SN - 0025-682X ER -