Rehabilitation Medicine
Overview
Provides rehabilitation-oriented care to improve physical function, mobility, swallowing, and activities of daily living after illness, surgery, injury, or disability.
Key Strengths at Kobe University Hospital
- Comprehensive rehabilitation planning across neurologic, musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, oncologic, and postoperative patient groups.
- Multidisciplinary support for functional recovery and reintegration after major surgery, critical illness, stroke, orthopedic disease, or cancer treatment.
- Important for patients who require coordinated rehabilitation within the same hospital where their advanced medical or surgical treatment is performed.
Major Conditions / Services
- Postoperative and post-acute rehabilitation
- Neurologic, musculoskeletal, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation
- Functional recovery support for chronic disability and deconditioning
Representative Procedures / Programs
- Individualized rehabilitation programs
- Swallowing, mobility, and ADL support
- Integrated inpatient and outpatient rehabilitation planning