Rehabilitation Medicine

The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of the First Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University was established in 1956. It was the earliest department in the country and the first in Anhui Province to provide rehabilitation treatment, and enjoys a high reputation nationwide. Its rehabilitation treatment standards, number of professional personnel, teaching and research capabilities, and other aspects are all at an absolute leading level within the province. The Department of Rehabilitation Medicine of our hospital is the vice-chair institution of the Yangtze River Delta Rehabilitation Integration Development Alliance; the leading institution of the Anhui Provincial Rehabilitation Medicine Quality Control Center; a key clinical medicine specialty under construction in Anhui Province; the institution responsible for the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine at Anhui Medical University; a first-class undergraduate program in Anhui Province; the chair institution of the Sports Medicine Branch of the Anhui Medical Association; the chair institution of the Rehabilitation Branch of the Anhui Medical Doctor Association; the chair institution of the Rehabilitation Treatment and Rehabilitation Education Specialized Committee of the Anhui Rehabilitation Medicine Association; the chair institution of the Anhui Rehabilitation Medicine Development Alliance; the chair institution of the Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine Rehabilitation Branch of the Anhui Collaborative Innovation Society for Health in Traditional Chinese Medicine; an authorized medical institution for industrial injury rehabilitation in Anhui Province; and has two master's degree authorization programs at Anhui Medical University, in Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Therapy and Sports Medicine, as well as a doctoral degree authorization program in Clinical Medicine.

The department currently has 80 health professionals and technical personnel, including 27 physicians, 1 postdoctoral co-supervisor, 1 doctoral supervisor, 3 master's supervisors, 7 doctors with doctoral degrees, 3 doctoral candidates, and 24 master's degree holders; among them are 3 chief physicians, 7 deputy chief physicians, and 12 attending physicians. There are 30 research personnel and therapists/technicians in total; the nursing staff comprises 26 people, including 1 deputy chief nurse and 20 nurses in charge.

The department has 2 inpatient units: Rehabilitation Medicine Ward 1 (Jixilu Road) and Rehabilitation Medicine Ward 2 (Southern Area), covering 5 subspecialty areas (critical care rehabilitation, neurological rehabilitation, spinal cord rehabilitation, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation). It has a total of 120 beds, approximately 20,000 outpatient visits annually, and more than 2,300 inpatients annually.

Featured Technologies

The department routinely provides comprehensive integrated traditional Chinese and Western rehabilitation throughout the entire course of treatment for common diseases, including stroke, traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, postoperative rehabilitation following fractures of the extremities, postoperative rehabilitation following joint replacement, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, sports injuries, neck, shoulder, lower back and leg pain, facial neuritis, and neurogenic bladder.

Featured technologies and key development areas include rehabilitation assessment and treatment programs such as robot-assisted standing and walking training, transcranial magnetic stimulation therapy, cardiopulmonary exercise testing, high-energy laser therapy, extracorporeal shock wave therapy, extracorporeal diaphragmatic pacing, enhanced external counterpulsation, ultrasound-guided injection therapy, videofluoroscopic swallowing studies, and intermittent catheterization, as well as traditional Chinese rehabilitation treatments such as acupuncture, tuina, and traditional Chinese medicine fumigation.

Department Honors

The department received specialty nominations in the 2022 and 2023 Fudan Rankings; was approved for 38 new technologies and new projects; carried out 42 distinctive rehabilitation diagnosis and treatment programs in subspecialty areas including critical care rehabilitation, neurological rehabilitation, spinal cord rehabilitation, musculoskeletal rehabilitation, and cardiopulmonary rehabilitation; had multiple staff members receive the "Outstanding Three Teachers" award from the Chinese Association of Rehabilitation Medicine; led or participated in more than 40 scientific research and teaching projects; published more than 200 SCI-indexed and Chinese-language papers; published textbooks and monographs and participated in expert consensuses, totaling more than 30 items; and has participated in domestic and international academic exchange conferences many times and received awards.