Regarding
physical medicine and rehabilitation (PMR), the specialty, expertise in the field and widespread use as desire by the TBI patients, is only possible when there are enough number of consultants in the field.
There are two main aspects relevant to postgraduate training in
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PMandR) for physicians in Pakistan: what is
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and what are the available training opportunities in this specialty in Pakistan
hospital in the developed world as well as in many of the developing countries there has mandatory provision for Institute of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation.
Frontera, MD, PhD Editor-in-Chief American Journal of
Physical Medicine and RehabilitationArciniegas (brain injury medicine and psychiatry, neurology, and
physical medicine and rehabilitation, Baylor College of Medicine), Zasler, Vanderploeg, and Jaffee present 12 chapters for physicians, nurses, and mental health and rehabilitation professionals working with adult patients with brain injuries.
A total of 1141 patients aged 60 years and over, who were consecutively admitted to the outpatient clinics of
physical medicine and rehabilitation departments, were prospectively screened for OP.
Institute of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation team works together as a multidisciplinary team that includes physiatrists, physical therapists, occupational therapists, prosthetists and orthotists, speech therapists, recreational therapists, neuropsychologist, social workers special educators and nurses.
The facility's academic partner, the Department of
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, is ranked No.
Rafal, MD, MPH, is a medical doctor, board certified in
physical medicine and rehabilitation with additional training in internal medicine.