White Book on Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) in Europe
Anno: 2018 Lavoro: 5147-WB-EJPRM Mese: April titolo breve: History of the specialty: where PRM comes from Volume: 54 primo autore: European Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Bodies Alliance No: 2 pagine: 186-97 Rivista: European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine citazione: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med 2018;54:186-97 Cod Rivista: Eur J Phys Rehabil Med , © COPYRIGHT 2018 EDIZIONI MINERVA MEDICA European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 2018 April;54(2):186-97 Online version at http://www.minervamedica.it DOI: 10.23736/S1973-9087.18.05147-X ORGANIZATION OF PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE IN EUROPE White Book on Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) in Europe. Chapter 4. History of the specialty: where PRM comes from European Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Bodies Alliance ABSTRACT In the context of the White Book of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (PRM) in Europe, this paper deals with the history of the PRM medical specialty. The specialty evolved in different European countries, and sometimes also into the single countries, from different medical streams that finally joined. These included among others: balneology, gymnastic, use of physical agents (water, heat, cold, massage, joint manipula- tions, physical exercise, etc.). Another important role has been played by the increasing number of people experiencing or likely to experience disability due to improvement of medicine and consequent survivals from wars, accidents and/or big infective epidemics (like polio); these evolutions happened in strict relationship with other specialties like cardiology, neurology, orthopaedics, pneumology, rheumatology, traumatol- ogy, creating a knowledge transversal to all of them. Consequently, the PRM specialty has been gradually introduced in the different European countries, however with no uniformity.
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