FINANCIAL, TIME AND EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT OF PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC BED AND MANUAL MASAGE TECHNIQUES
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angličtina
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FINANCIAL, TIME AND EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT OF PHYSIOTHERAPEUTIC BED AND MANUAL MASAGE TECHNIQUES
Original language description
Background: One regularly finds new medical devices on the market that are ment to replace work of health care staff. The paper shows a possibility for physiotherapists to change their work using the CERAGEM massage bed, the only bed approved as a medical device in the Czech Republic. Introduction: The paper compares efficiency, financial and time demands of the CERAGEM physiotherapeutic bed (represents an automatic massage technique), and manual reflex massages done by a physiotherapist in patients with a vertebrogennal illness. Methods: The evaluation of the effectiveness included 60 patients selected in line with the recommended indications of CERAGEM massages. Half of them received 5 procedures of the CERAGEM massage followed by 5 procedures of themanual reflex massage. The second half received the massages in a reverse order. The patients were interviewed by a single person in order to evaluate subjective and objective criteria describing the health status of the patients. These
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Classification
Type
O - Miscellaneous
CEP classification
FS - Medical facilities, apparatus and equipment
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I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace
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Publication year
2012
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů