Physical Therapy in Gent Belgium Lily Holbrook Physical

Physical Therapy in Gent, Belgium

Lily Holbrook Physical Therapy Student Clinical in Gent with Ally Burden for 6 weeks From Kansas City Countries been to: Canada, Belize, Ecuador, Bahamas, Zambia, throughout Europe

Belgium Population: 11. 4 million people Land Area: 11, 787 square miles Gent Population: ~250, 000 Health Expenditure: 10. 6% of GDP (2014) http: //www. operationworld. org/BELG https: //www. cia. gov

University of Gent Hospital • Inpatient/Outpatient Rehab for people with trauma or amputations • A few patients with burns • Also in this building PT/OT for SCI and TBI/Stroke on different levels • Why here? My daily uniform provided by hospital

Differences with Physical Therapy Passive Range of Motion with everyone, everyday, even the “good” sides In Belgium: mobilization

Cage Therapy! • Non-weight bearing, pulley system • Performed LE • Hip extension • Knee extension • Hip abduction • Hip adduction • Performed UE • Elbow flexion • Elbow extension • Scaption • Horizontal Adduction • 10 minutes each exercise

Differences with Healthcare The Bismarck Model There many days per week, 3 -5 hours per day Similar levels of prosthetics but seem to advance faster up list once complete a faster 6 -minutewalk-test Time wasn’t a constraint, sat and had coffee breaks Barely any documentation of sessions Euthanasia allowed

Other Differences with Physical Therapy • Prosthetic training very similar • Axillary Crutches were not the norm, forearm crutches were • Never treated an obese patient • Patients commonly seen for motorcycle accident, bicycle accident, cancer, and other rare causes • One patient was in the Brussels Airport Bombing in April of 2016

The Food of Belgium

A Dutch French Main Language of Dutch Gent has a French twinge in their Dutch Bikes Everywhere

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References https: //www. cia. gov/library/publications/the-worldfactbook/geos/be. html http: //www. pnhp. org/single_payer_resources/health_care_systems _four_ basic_models. php