Successful rehabilitation of a victim of Armed Conflict from Ukraine

The boy sustained a mine blast injury on February 10 2015, where his mother was also killed. Between February 10 and 18 he stayed in the hospital at Kramatorsk. He was diagnosed with mine-blast trauma, open comminuted fracture of the left elbow, outdoor intra articular fracture of the right knee joint, extensive lacerations of the left shin, abrasions on the face, and post-traumatic shock.

He received reconstruction surgeries in Germany, but will have to go trough an intensive process of rehabilitation. The patient received individual physiotherapy, conductive education and occupational therapy on a daily basis during his stay in Budapest. Specialized manual technic and CPM were applied to raise the knee flexion, while specialized equipment was used to increase his endurance and help the cyclic movement. A knee orthosis was provided as recommended from his doctors, which was used during bedtime. Additional therapy like music, craft, and playing with other children helped with his psychosocial deprivations.

The patient was very motivated, kind and readily performed the therapy, so all of the goals were achieved. As a result both the active and passive knee flexion was increased. 

We wish the boy and his family all the best on the path of his rehabilitaion.