[Rehabilitation of the physically handicapped--rehabilitation of the gainfully employed orthopedic patient].

Rehabilitation of physically disabled persons and resettlement of employed orthopaedic patients into social and working life are integral components of orthopaedics. Unless the patient is reintegrated, orthopaedic care remains incomplete. It is absolutely necessary to develop, already during counselling and at the outset of in-patient therapy, a detailed treatment plan that takes into account the pertaining vocational and social integration considerations. Besides outlining some general ideas, the specific experience at the Orthopaedic Clinic of Frankfort university are described.