The Rehabilitation Medicine Department of The Fourth Affiliated Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine is characterized by "acute phase bedside rehabilitation - subacute phase ward rehabilitation - recovery phase outpatient rehabilitation". Adhering to the concept of integration of prevention, rehabilitation, and treatment, it carries out comprehensive rehabilitation and full cycle rehabilitation. It is the deputy chairman unit of the Elderly Rehabilitation Rehabilitation Committee of the Zhejiang Rehabilitation Medicine Association and the standing member unit of the Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Branch of the Zhejiang Medical Association. The Rehabilitation Medicine Department currently has more than 40 medical and nursing personnel, including 2 with senior professional members, 1 deputy senior professional member, 14 intermediate professional members, and all doctors hold master's or doctoral degrees. The discipline takes neurological rehabilitation, musculoskeletal pain rehabilitation, and respiratory rehabilitation as the three major sub specialized development goals, involving cerebrovascular accident rehabilitation, brain injury rehabilitation, spinal cord injury rehabilitation, post-surgery of fracture rehabilitation, sports injury rehabilitation, neck, shoulder, waist and leg pain rehabilitation, scoliosis rehabilitation, temporomandibular joint disorder rehabilitation, pelvic floor rehabilitation, critical care rehabilitation (tracheotomy, ventilator dependence, etc.), lung rehabilitation (COPD, inhalation pneumonia, etc.), etc.
At present, sports therapy, occupational therapy, speech training, rehabilitation of dysphagia, cognitive function rehabilitation, aerobic training, joint mobilization, musculoskeletal ultrasound guided fascia release technology and traditional Chinese acupuncture and moxibustion rehabilitation have been carried out. The department has first-class international equipment and facilities: surface electromyography and gait analysis system, computer cognitive language assessment and training system, electronic laryngoscope, german Fitzmann swallowing speech diagnosis and treatment instrument, high flow respiratory humidification treatment instrument, biological stimulation feedback analysis system, upper limb functional rehabilitation robot, intelligent lower limb gait training system, Limb linkage rehabilitation training system, cervical and lumbar traction instrument, extracorporeal shock wave, interference current, ultrasound, laser, vibration sputum ejection device, traditional Chinese medicine fumigation device, etc. The rehabilitation department integrates the comprehensive development of medical treatment, teaching, and scientific research. In terms of scientific research, members of the department have presided over 1 National Natural Science Foundation project, 1 Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation project, one Zhejiang Provincial Department of Education project, multiple Zhejiang Provincial Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine projects, and published multiple SCI papers. They have successfully held multiple national and provincial rehabilitation continuing education projects. Undertake internship teaching for rehabilitation therapy majors such as Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Taizhou college.