[Members lymphedema in CNHU-HKM of Cotonou: Results of the rehabilitation treatment].

Aim: To report results of patients followed in physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR) in CNHU-HKM of Cotonou.

Patients And Methods: Retrospective, transversal study, aimed to be descriptive and analytical type. Were enrolled, 39 files of patients treated in PMR / CNHU-HKM, from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2018, for unilateral lymphedema, who had done beginning and ending evaluations.

Feasibility of a self-rehabilitation program for the upper limb for stroke patients in Benin.

Introduction: Stroke is a major cause of disability and represents a very high cost in developing countries. Self-rehabilitation programs represent a new and original treatment for stroke patients, likely to reduce upper limb impairments and improve activity and participation. The goal of this study is to evaluate the feasibility of a self-rehabilitation protocol in Benin.

Verbal communication disorders in brain damaged post-stroke patients in Benin.

Unlabelled: In Western countries, progress has lessened the severity of numerous sequels of verbal communication disorders (VCD). For Africa and more particularly Benin, few data on the subject are presently available.

Objective: To analyze the occurrence and development of post-stroke VCD in Benin.

Iatrogenic retractile quadriceps fibrosis within children in Benin: epidemiological, clinical, therapeutical aspects.

Background: In tropical countries, iatrogenic retractile quadriceps fibrosis (IRQF), the cause of walking handicap in children, is often the result of intraquadricipital injection of quinine salts. The aim of this review was to analyse the epidemiological, clinical, therapeutic aspects and outcome of IRQF in children admitted in three hospitals in Benin Republic.

Patients And Methods: It was a 10-year retrospective, descriptive and analytic survey of IRQF, involving 81 children aged from 8 months to 15 years.

[Problems of rehabilitation in patients with sickle cell disease in Cotonou, Benin].

Background: Manifestations of sickle cell disease (SCD) are polymorphous from childhood to adulthood.

Objective: The purpose of this study was to assess outcomes of rehabilitation in the patients with SCD.

Method: This retrospective analytical descriptive study included 160 SCD patients rehabilitated from 1998 to 2006 at the National University Hospital in Cotonou, Benin.