Guillain-Barré Syndrome: The Physical Therapist and Patient Care

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Patients with Guillain-Barré syndrome frequently incur a severe illness requiring lengthy hospitalization and prolonged dependency upon physicians, therapists, and mechanical devices. Physical therapy is adjunctive to overall care in this illness in acute, static, and recovery phases. The therapeutic program is phase-specific and flexible, according to the frequently variable clinical course of the disease. Many preventive measures are included in the program. Care in the acute stage revolves about supportive measures designed to treat problems of muscular and respiratory paralysis. In the static phase, treatment is directed toward the prevention of deformity and avoidance of neural or musculoskeletal injury. In the recovery phase, the therapist employs active measures which are correlated to the pace of neurological recovery.

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