PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION: EFFECTIVENESS AND PROGRESS IN RESTORATION OF THE CHRONICALLY ILL AND AGING
Authors: A. B. C. KNUDSON
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 January 1958PHYSICAL MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION: EFFECTIVENESS AND PROGRESS IN RESTORATION OF THE CHRONICALLY ILL AND AGINGA. B. C. KNUDSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.A. B. C. KNUDSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-48-1-139 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptThe population of the United States is aging and, associated with this fact, serious long-term illness is becoming an increasing threat to our nation's health. Advances in medical science, improved surgical methods, new drugs, scientific nutrition, decrease in infant mortality, the diminishing toll of infectious diseases, and better public health measures and other medical accomplishments have advanced life expectancy by many years. There is every reason to believe that this will continue.The average life span has increased from 47 to 68 years during the last half-century. By 1970 it is estimated there will be about 17 million persons 65...Bibliography1. : Care of the aging by the Veterans Administration (Selected Documents—Volume VI), Washington, D. C., U. S. Government Printing Office, Nov., 1956, p. 92. Google Scholar2. Knudson AB: Rehabilitation of the chronically ill in the Veterans Administration, J. A. M. A. 162: 1035 (Nov. 10) 1956. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Knudson AB: Physical medicine and rehabilitation: application in geriatrics, Southern M. J. 50: 229 (Feb.) 1957. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Knudson AB: Physical medicine and rehabilitation: application to geriatric problems, J. Am. Geriat. Soc. 2: 566 (Sept.) 1954. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. Rusk HA: Can older persons be rehabilitated for work? in Never too Old, New York State Joint Legislative Committee on Problems of the Aging, 1949, p. 126-131. Google Scholar6. RosenbergMathenyRandall LWCBS: Geriatric maintenance therapy program, Department of Medicine and Surgery Information Bull. Vet. Adm., p. 14 (Feb.) 1955. Google Scholar7. Reinartz PV: Retirement plans, J. Am. Geriat. Soc. 1: 829 (Dec.) 1953. Google Scholar8. Haase KH: The special challenge for physical medicine and rehabilitation in a domiciliary section at a VA Center, VA Information Bulletin, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, IB 10-72 (Feb.) 1955, p. 3. Google Scholar9. Timm OK: The role of physical medicine and rehabilitation in the neuropsychiatric hospital, VA Program Guide, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, G-5, May 15, 1956, p. 1. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: A. B. C. KNUDSON, M.D., F.A.C.P.Affiliations: Washington, D. C.*From the Symposium on Rehabilitation, presented at the Thirty-eighth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Boston, Massachusetts, April 11, 1957.Requests for reprints should be addressed to A. B. C. Knudson, M.D., Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Service, Veterans Administration Central Office, Washington 25, D. C. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byMANAGEMENT OF THE ELDERLY SURGICAL PATIENT-A MULTIPLE RESPONSIBILITY 1 January 1958Volume 48, Issue 1Page: 139-145KeywordsAgingDrugsInfantsInfectious diseasesLife expectancyMortalityMotivationNutritionPrevention, policy, and public healthRehabilitation medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 January 1958 PDF downloadLoading ...