The “European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine” (A Journal on Disability and Rehabilitation after Pathological Events) is the Official Journal of the Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (SIMFER), of the Mediterranean Forum of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (MFPRM), of the European Society formerly Federation of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (ESPRM), of the Hellenic Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicinen (EEFIAP) and of the Turkish Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Specialists (TSPRMS).

The current Chief Editor is Stefano Negrini (email

The journal was founded as Europa Medicophysica by Italian Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (SIMFER) and Tomaso Oliaro in 1965.

Chief Editors: D. Flandesio, S. Boccardi, F. Franchignoni, P. Di Benedetto, S. Negrini.

The “European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine” is a quarterly peer-reviewed journal which publishes articles on Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, editorials, reviews, case reports, thecnical notes. Particular attention will be provided to those original papers with clinical rebound in the PM&R field.

Indexed in Index Medicus/MEDLINE, Excerpta Medica/EMBASE, CINHAL.

Scientific papers are published in English.

pISSN 0014-2573 - eISSN 1827-1804