@article{ref1,
title="Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injury: WFNS Spine Committee Recommendations",
journal="Neurospine",
year="2020",
author="Zileli, Mehmet and Osorio-Fonseca, Enrique and Komarov, Alexander and Peev, Nikolay",
volume="17",
number="4",
pages="820-832",
abstract="Spinal cord injury (SCI) is accompanied by a significant number of complications associated with damage to the spinal cord, gross functional impairments leading to  limited self-care and movement, leading to a high level of disability, social and  psychological maladaptation of the patients. Besides, pain and spasticity negatively  affect rehabilitation programs. This search was conducted in PubMed/MEDLINE  database. All studies published in English language (n = 16,297) were considered for  inclusion. Of all studies evaluating rehabilitation in SCI patients (n = 80) were  included. Based on the literature review the faculty of the WFNS Spine Committee  created statements covering different aspects of the contemporary rehabilitation  process of the SCI patients. The prepared statements were subjected to discussions,  followed by anonymous voting process by the members of the WFNS Spine Committee. As  result of the diccussions and the voting process the statements were modified and  published as recommendations of the WFNS Spine Committee. The care for the SCI has  gone a long way from the times after the World War II when these patients were  considered hopeless in terms of any functional recovery, to the contemporary  comprehensive rehabilitation programs. The rehabilitation is important part of the  modern comprehencive treatment of SCI patients nowadays. The current manuscript  reflects different aspects of the contemporary rehabilitaton process and decision  makings, which were discussed by the faculty of the WFNS Spine Committee resulting  in issuing of the following recommendations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2586-6583",
doi="10.14245/ns.2040270.135",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.14245/ns.2040270.135"
}