01340nas a2200241 4500000000100000008004100001260000900042653002100051653002100072653001100093653001200104653003300116653001600149100001900165700001400184700001400198700001500212245007800227300001000305490000700315520076200322022001401084 1985 d c198510aDisabled Persons10aHealth Education10aHumans10aleprosy10aLimb Deformities, Congenital10aUlnar nerve1 aPedrazzani E S1 aMaluf S A1 aPedroso M1 aToyoda C Y00a[Disability prevention in Hansen's disease: reality at a health service]. a10-220 v103 a

In Hansen's disease, the third part of advanced incidences or non treated cases exhibit some patterns of physical incapacity, besides the prejudice and beliefs generated by deformities-which the patients may present if they do not get a correct treatment. Which basis on this problematical question of the disease a group of professionals composed of medical doctors, nurses, physical therapist, occupational therapist and social worker made a study of the incapacities of the Hansen's disease patients through a detailed physical exam. This study intended to identify sensory and motor injuries of the face, upper and lower limbs. This study also develops a research about the necessity to systematize the assistance given in a public health center.

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