The International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine: the way forward - II.

Authors

Marta Imamura, Institute of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of São PauloFollow
Christoph Gutenbrunner, Department for Rehabilitation Medicine, Hannover Medical School,Follow
Gerold Stucki, Swiss Paraplegic Research; Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy, University of LucerneFollow
Jianan Li, Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical UniversityFollow
Jorge Lains, Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação da Região Centro, Rovisco Pais, Tocha, PortugalFollow
Walter Frontera, Department of PM and R, Vanderbilt University
John Olver, Monash University-Epworth Rehabilitation, Melbourne
Levent Özçakar, Department of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, Hacettepe University, Medical School, Ankara
Joel DeLisa, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, UMDNJ, New Jersey Medical School, Newark
Linamara Rizzo Battistella, Institute of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of São Paulo
John L. Melvin, Jefferson Medical College of Thomas Jefferson UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2-2014

Comments

This article has been peer reviewed. It is the author’s final published version in Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine Volume 46, Issue 2, February 2014, Pages 97-107.

The published version is available at DOI: 10.2340/16501977-1277. Copyright © Foundation for Rehabilitation Information

Abstract

This paper reports on recent changes and future plans concerning the International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine. Issues discussed are its structural organization, collaboration and recognition, liaison with the World Health Organization , work in strengthening science, and its future agenda.

Recommended Citation

Imamura, Marta; Gutenbrunner, Christoph; Stucki, Gerold; Li, Jianan; Lains, Jorge; Frontera, Walter; Olver, John; Özçakar, Levent; DeLisa, Joel; Battistella, Linamara Rizzo; and Melvin, John L., "The International Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine: the way forward - II." (2014). Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Faculty Papers. Paper 25.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/rmfp/25

PubMed ID

24419049