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The Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injury Patients in Europe

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Abstract

In Western European countries there is an incidence of traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) of 16 to 19.4 new cases per million inhabitants per year. Since World War II, European physicians have been fundamental in the development of SCI medicine, starting from Sir Ludwig Guttman, who developed the idea of the integrated treatment of these patients. More recently, scientists from Germany and Switzerland have developed a new rehabilitative approach, Body Weight Support Treadmill Training, based on the concept of activity-based therapy and aimed at restoring walking in SCI patients. This review highlights issues concerning different organizational systems and health policies within and outside Europe.

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  • Spinal Cord Injury
  • Rehabilitation
  • Historical perspective

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  1. Spinal Cord Unit, IRCCS S. Lucia Foundation, Rome, Italy

    Giorgio Scivoletto MD, PhD

  2. Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Massimo Miscusi MD, PhD

  3. Department of Neursciences NESMOS, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Stefano Forcato MD

  4. Institute of Neurosurgery, Catholic University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Luca Ricciardi MD

  5. Department of Medico-Surgical Sciences and Biotechnologies, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Mariano Serrao MD, PhD

  6. Department of Radiology, Cerignola Civic Hospital, Cerignola(FG), Italy

    Roberto Bellitti MD

  7. Departement of Neurosciences NESMOS, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy

    Antonino Raco MD

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  3. Department of Neurological Surgery, Nihon University, Tokyo, Japan

    Yoichi Katayama

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Scivoletto, G. et al. (2017). The Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injury Patients in Europe. In: Visocchi, M., Mehdorn, H.M., Katayama, Y., von Wild, K.R.H. (eds) Trends in Reconstructive Neurosurgery. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplement, vol 124. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39546-3_31

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