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Rehabilitation centre: pushing back the boundaries
Knowledge centre
The rehabilitation centre of the Sint Maartenskliniek specialises
in the rehabilitation of children and adults. It strives to help
patients with handicaps (whether congenital or acquired) to function as
well as possible in society. Independence and social participation are
key concepts in this. The centre continually encourages patients to
extend the limits of their abilities.
Specialized
At a supra-regional level, the rehabilitation centre has a
pivotal role in the field of prosthetics and the treatment of patients
with injuries to the spinal cord or non-congenital brain damage. In
these fields, the rehabilitation centre functions as a knowledge centre
for other care providers and patientsassociations.
Expert centre
Doctors specialising in insurance and working conditions also
regularly make use of the specialised knowledge of the rehabilitation
doctors at the Sint Maartenskliniek. The clinic also has a department
in which children with complex disorders can be given clinical
treatment.
Sportfacilities for wheelchair users
Sport has an important place in the rehabilitation
programme. The Sint Maartenskliniek has a modern sports hall that is
completely adapted for wheelchair users. The Maartenshoeve is a
specially adapted riding school and petting farm, where children with
handicaps are offered different and sporting ways of learning to
move.