PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE IN EUROPE

National journals of physical rehabilitation medicine in Europe: a survey.

BACKGROUND The European Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Journal Network (EPRMJN), a joint initiative between the European Society Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ESPRM) and the European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (EJPRM), has the aim to increase scientific knowledge among PRM specialists and foster collaboration among physical and rehabilitation medicine (PRM) jo...

Physical medicine and rehabilitation.

An important priority has been the development of quantitative methods for measuring the disability status of patients undergoing rehabilitation. Intramuscular injection of botulinum toxin is an effective new therapy for spasticity due to a number of causes.

of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Research in physical and rehabilitation medicine in Europe: how are we doing?

There is growing awareness that research is important for the development of physical and rehabilitation medicine (P&RM), and the output of research projects in terms of papers in international journals is apparently increasing. Many journals have a backlog (time between acceptance and publication) of more than 12 months, despite an increase in the number of issues and the number of pages per i...

Research in physical medicine and rehabilitation.

The roles and responsibilities of the principal investigator of a research project are described to allow the young researcher to make an intelligent decision regarding which role to take in a research project. Guidelines are given about which tasks may be delegated and how to do this. These tasks include formulation of the question, project design, obtaining funding, project startup and ongoin...