World J Phys Rehabil Med | Volume 5, Issue 1 | Review Article | Open Access
Xiao Yang1#, Min Li1#, An-Ren Zhang1, Xin-Wei Huang1, Yuan Jiang2, Fan Zou1 and Hong Zhang1*
1Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Tongji University, Shanghai Fourth People’s Hospital, China
2Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, The First Affiliated Hospital of Chengdu Medical College, China
*Correspondance to: Xiao Yang1
Fulltext PDFPurpose: To identify whether there are deficiencies in the established rehabilitation concepts, and integrate the current connotation of the continuous development and growth of rehabilitation medicine.
Method: Summarize and discuss the source and development of rehabilitation and pre-rehabilitation concepts separately, and then integrate the two concepts from a holistic perspective.
Results: The evolution from rehabilitation to prehabilitation reveals the development of rehabilitation medicine, from restoration after dysfunction to pre-intervention before dysfunction. To explore and understand rehabilitation and prehabilitation from a holistic perspective, this paper proposed appending “peri” to “habilitare” and using the resulting term “perihabilitation” to guide rehabilitation medicine in further defining the relationship between itself and human function.
Conclusion: Perihabilitation, including pre-rehabilitation and rehabilitation (the parallel of prevention and treatment), may be more suitable for integrating the continuous development and growth of rehabilitation medicine.
Rehabilitation; Prehabilitation; Dysfunction; Ability; Perihabilitation
Yang X, Li M, Zhang A-R, Huang X-W, Jiang Y, Zou F, et al. Perihabilitation: A Holistic Perspective on Rehabilitation and Prehabilitation. World J Phys Rehabil Med. 2021; 5(1): 1020..