Chapter title |
The Rehabilitation of Spinal Cord Injury Patients in Europe
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Chapter number | 31 |
Book title |
Trends in Reconstructive Neurosurgery
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Published in |
Acta neurochirurgica Supplement, January 2017
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DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-39546-3_31 |
Pubmed ID | |
Book ISBNs |
978-3-31-939545-6, 978-3-31-939546-3
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Authors |
Giorgio Scivoletto, Massimo Miscusi, Stefano Forcato, Luca Ricciardi, Mariano Serrao, Roberto Bellitti, Antonino Raco |
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. |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Unknown | 46 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 6 | 13% |
Other | 5 | 11% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 5 | 11% |
Student > Bachelor | 4 | 9% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 7% |
Other | 6 | 13% |
Unknown | 17 | 37% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 10 | 22% |
Neuroscience | 5 | 11% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 7% |
Psychology | 2 | 4% |
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 2 | 4% |
Other | 5 | 11% |
Unknown | 19 | 41% |