Citation

Gutenbrunner C, Bethge M, Stucki G, Li J, Lains J, Olver J, Frontera W, von Groote PM, Giustini A, Imamura M. Am. J. Phys. Med. Rehabil. 2014; 93(1 Suppl 1): S68-S72.

Affiliation

From the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany (CG, MB); Department of Health Sciences and Health Policy, University of Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland (GS, PvG); Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland (GS, PvG); Center of Rehabilitation Medicine, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China (JL); Centro de Medicina de Reabilitação da Região Centro, Rovisco Pais Hospital, Tocha, Portugal (JL); Epworth Healthcare and Monash University, Melbourne, Australia (JO); Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee (WF); Rehabilitation Hospital San Pancrazio, Arco, Trento, Italy (AG); and Institute of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Sao Paulo School of Medicine, Sao Paulo, Brazil (MI).

Copyright

(Copyright © 2014, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/PHM.0000000000000026

PMID

24356086

Abstract

The International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine has recognized the World Report on Disability as a guide for its future activities and endorsed its responsibility to disseminate, to analyze, and to implement the report's recommendations. The activities of the International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine on the global stage are embedded in a strategy that includes national and regional associations. This article reports on recent and forthcoming activities of the International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine regarding the World Report on Disability and identifies five major challenges that will impact future International Society for Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine activities. These challenges relate to (1) education and training, (2) the support of strong role models, (3) disaster management, (4) the development of innovative rehabilitation services, and (5) rehabilitation research.

Language: en