A Study on Physical Therapy Patients

물리치료 환자에 대한 실태조사 연구

This study researched 1,408 physical therapy patients in hospital. orthopedic clinic. neurosurgical clinic, general surgical clinic, and general clinic located Taegu city on may 9. 1990. Also this study reviewed front doctor's prescripted progress note. The results obtained were as followed. 1) 4th decade of age $(22\%)$ are the highest, and 3rd, 2nd, 5th decade were followed. Many dorsopathies are not correlated with age, also they involved 2nd decade age and 3rd decade are sprain and strains of joints and adjacent muscle. 4th and 5th decade of age are rheumatism. 2) According to medical facility. They treated in hospital are other disorders of central nervous system. orthopedics are rheumatism, and in neurosurgical clinic. general surgical clinic, general clinic are dorsopathies. 3) Male and female both have a lot of dorsopathies, sprains and strains of joint and adjacents muscle occurred in males, female have a lot of rheumatism. 4 At physical therapy patients, $21.4\%$ patients are in patients and others are out patients. Among the $66.1\%$ of on patients, they treated in hospital as they have other disorders of central nervous system.