In response to a news report of the rehabilitation of a New York-based dancer/actor with cerebral palsy, to the point where a ballet performance was scheduled, it was determined that a report based on the individuals involved would be commissioned. The resulting reports from the choreographer responsible for the rehabilitation exercises, and the dancer, were circulated to an interdisciplinary s...

The military has a rich tradition in relation to physical medicine and rehabilitation. The development of physical medicine and rehabilitation, to a large extent, can be traced to the wars of the 20th century. Military physiatrists were visionary leaders of our field, who responded to the overwhelming needs of war casualties, and with their insight, propelled psychiatry physical medicine and re...

The Department of Physical Medicine, Rehabilitation and Electrodiagnosis of Shaheed Beheshti Medical University in collaboration with the Iranian Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ISPMR) held the 1st Congress of Electrodiagnostic Medicine in Peripheral Nerve Lesions on December 21-22, 2006. Electrodiagnostic medicine is a specific branch of medicine used by specialist physicians ...

I found your editorial entitled “Research and publishing in rehabili tation medicine” (1) very informative and interesting. However, I would like to suggest that, in addition to the recommendations made, emphasis should also be placed on the importance of the health economics perspective for this area of research. I make this suggestion on the basis of the findings from a review of the health e...