Authors and copyright holders

European PRM Bodies Alliance:

1. Académie Européenne de la Médecine de Réadpatation – European Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine (EARM)
2. European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ESPRM)
3. Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Section of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS PRM Section)
4. European College of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ECPRM)

Steering Committee

1. Stefano Negrini (UEMS PRM Section) – Coordinator
2. Sasa Moslavac (ECPRM) – Secretary
3. Pedro Cantista (ESPRM)
4. Gordana Devecerski (ESPRM)
5. Alvydas Juocevicius (ECPRM)
6. Christoph Gutenbrunner (EARM)
7. Enrique Varela-Donoso (UEMS PRM Section)
8. Anthony B Ward (EARM)

Editors

1. Stefano Negrini (Coordinator)
2. Sasa Moslavac (Secretary)
3. Pedro Cantista
4. Maria Gabriella Ceravolo
5. Nicolas Christodoulou 
6. Alain Delarque
7. Christoph Gutenbrunner
8. Carlotte Kiekens
9. Enrique Varela-Donoso
10. Anthony B Ward
11. Mauro Zampolini

First authors

1. Filipe Antunes
2. Paolo Boldrini
3. Francois Boyer
4. John Burn
5. Pedro Cantista
6. Maria Gabriella Ceravolo
7. Nicolas Christodoulou
8. Alain Delarque
9. Gordana Devecerski
10. Jean-Pierre Didier
11. Calogero Foti
12. Franco Franchignoni
13. Gunnar Grimby
14. Christoph Gutenbrunner
15. Elena Ilieva
16. Wim Janssen
17. Alvydas Juocevicius
18. Carlotte Kiekens
19. Ayse Kucukdeveci
20. Jorge Lains
21. Sara Laxe
22. Jacinta McElligott
23. Angela McNamara
24. Xanthi Michail
25. Stefano Negrini
26. Aydan Oral
27. Levent Ozcakar
28. Michael Quittan
29. Christina-Anastasia Rapidi
30. Gilles Rode
31. Rajiv Singh
32. Bengt Sjolund
33. Henk Stam
34. Gerold Stucki
35. Peter Takac
36. Piotr Tederko
37. Anthony B Ward
38. Mauro Zampolini

Co-authors

1. Catarina Aguiar Branco
2. Filipe Antunes
3. Philippe Bardot
4. Nikolaos Barotsis
5. Carlo Bertolini
6. Jerome Bickenbach 
7. Kristian Borg
8. Pedro Cantista
9. Maria Gabriella Ceravolo
10. Quim Chaler
11. Anne Chamberlain
12. Nicolas Christodoulou
13. Mark Delargy
14. Alain Delarque
15. Gordana Devecerski
16. Jean-Pierre Didier
17. Calogero Foti
18. Franco Franchignoni
19. Alessandro Giustini
20. Jean-Jacques Glaesener
21. Klemen Grabljevec
22. Gunnar Grimby
23. Christoph Gutenbrunner
24. Karol Hornacek
25. Slavica Jandric
26. Wim Janssen
27. Alvydas Juocevicius
28. Carlotte Kiekens
29. Ayse Kucukdeveci
30. Jolanta Kujawa
31. Sara Laxe
32. Crt Marincek
33. Jacinta McElligott
34. Angela McNamara
35. Xanthi Michail
36. Carine Michel
37. Sasa Moslavac
38. Stefano Negrini
39. Anda Nulle
40. Renato Nunes
41. Aydan Oral
42. Jean Paysant
43. Dominique Perennou
44. Joao Pascoa Pinheiro
45. Daiana Popa
46. Rapin
47. Yves Rossetti
48. Eugenia Rosulescu
49. Rajiv Singh
50. Ulrich Smolenski
51. Henk Stam
52. Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
53. Peter Takac
54. Luigi Tesio
55. Raquel Valero
56. Enrique Varela-Donoso
57. Aivars Vetra
58. Jiri Votava
59. Derick T Wade
60. Anthony B Ward
61. Daniel Wever
62. Andreas Winkelmann
63. Mauro Zampolini

Internal reviewers

1. Catarina Aguiar Branco
2. Kristian Borg
3. Maria Gabriella Ceravolo
4. Alain Delarque
5. Gordana Devecerski
6. Jean-Pierre Didier
7. Calogero Foti
8. Rolf Frischknecht
9. Alessandro Giustini
10. Christoph Gutenbrunner
11. Alvydas Juocevicius
12. Carlotte Kiekens
13. Ayse Kucukdeveci
14. Jolanta Kujawa
15. Sara Laxe
16. Thierry Lejeune
17. Sasa Moslavac
18. Stefano Negrini
19. Renato Nunes
20. Tatjana Paternostro-Sluga
21. Joao Pascoa Pinheiro
22. Diane Playford
23. Daiana Popa
24. Christina-Anastasia Rapidi
25. Gilles Rode
26. Bengt Sjolund
27. Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen
28. Gerold Stucki
29. Peter Takac
30. Raquel Valero
31. Aivars Vetra
32. Anthony B Ward
33. Daniel Wever
34. Mauro Zampolini

External reviewers

1. Mercè Avellanet-Viladomat
2. Nino Basaglia
3. Jerome Bickenbach
4. Kristian Borg
5. Lloyd Bradley
6. Frederic Brocard
7. Juan Castellote
8. Alarcos Cieza
9. Hermina Damjan 
10. Gabor Fazekas
11. Calogero Foti
12. Walter Frontera
13. Roser Garreta-Figuera
14. Jan Geertzen
15. Francesca Gimigliano 
16. Alessandro Giustini
17. Jean-Jacques Glaesener
18. Andrew Haig
19. Kurtis Hoppe
20. Marta Imamura
21. Geraldine Jacquemin
22. Jianan Li
23. Leonard Li
24. Amparo Martínez-Assucena
25. Juan-Carlos Miangolarra-Page
26. Vera Neumann
27. Rory O’Connor
28. Luca Padua
29. Dominique Perennou
30. António Pinto Camelo
31. Caterina Pistarini
32. Steven Rimbaut
33. Coleen T Dy Rochelle
34. Pedro Soares Branco
35. Francisco Sampaio
36. Othmar Schuhfried
37. Nicola Smania
38. Christof Smit
39. Simon Tang
40. Alan Tennant
41. Luigi Tesio
42. Andre Thevenon
43. Ilse van Nes
44. Tonko Vlak
45. Stuart Weinstein
46. Alain Yelnik

European Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine (EARM)

Executive Committee

1. Xanthi Michail (EL) – President
2. Anthony B Ward (UK) – Vice -President
3. Angela McNamara (IE) – Secretary 
4. Jean-Pierre Didier  (FR) – Deputy Secretary 
5. Henk Stam (NL) – Treasurer                                         
6. Alain Delarque (FR)                                        
7. Christoph Gutenbrunner (DE)
8. Gustaaf Lankhorst (NL)
9. Bengt Sjolund (SE)
10. Gerold Stucki (CH)
11. Guy Vanderstraeten (BE)

Academicians

1. Joan Garcia-Alsina (ES)
2. Jari Arokoski (FI)
3. Kristian Borg (SE) 
4. Helena Burger (Sl) 
5. Anne Chamberlain (UK) 
6. Maria Gabriella Ceravolo (IT) 
7. Alex Chantraine, (CH)
8. Alain Delarque (FR) 
9. Thierry Deltombe (BE) 
10. Jean-Pierre Didier (FR) 
11. Jan Ekholm (SE) 
12. Franco Franchignoni (FR)  
13. Gabor Fazekas (HU) 
14. Charles Gobelet (CH)
15. Christoph Gutenbrunner (DE)
16. Alvydas Juocevicius (LT) 
17. Jaro Karppinen (FI) 
18. Carlotte Kiekens (BE)
19. Jorge Lains (PT) 
20. Gustaph Lankhorst (NL)
21. Antti Malmivaara (FI) 
22. Crt Marincek (Sl)  
23. Angela McNamara (IE) 
24. Xanthi Michail (EL) 
25. Stefano Negrini (IT) 
26. Jean Paysant (FR) 
27. Joao P Pinheiro (PT) 
28. Diane Playford (UK) 
29. Johan H Rietman (NL) 
30. Glles Rode (FR)  
31. Bengt Sjolund (SE)  
32. Henk Stam (NL)  
33. Johan Stanghelle (NO) 
34. Gerold Stucki (CH) 
35. Guy Vanderstraeten (BE) 
36. Brigitte Perrouin-Verbe (FR) 
37. Anthony B Ward (UK)  
38. Mauro Zampolini (IT)

European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (ESPRM) 

Executive Committee

1. Delarque Alain President
2. Michail Xanthi Immediate Past President
3. Kiekens Carlotte General Secretary
4. Leches Marguerite Deputy Secretary
5. Wever Daniel Treasurer
6. Juocevicius Alvydas Deputy Treasurer
7. Ileva Elena Statues & Internal Rules
8. Kujawa Jolanta Information & Communication
9. Cantista Pedro Member
10. Boldrini Paolo Member
11. Delargy Mark Member
12. Negrini Stefano Invited for the European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

Delegates

1. Michael Quittan Austria
2. Anton Wicker Austria
3. Carlotte Kiekens Belgium
4. Thierry Lejeune Belgium
5. Assen Aleksiev Bulgaria
6. Elena Ilieva Bulgaria
7. Frane Grubisic Croatia
8. Sasa Moslavac Croatia
9. Nicolas Christodoulou Cyprus
10. Savvas Apollon Chronis Cyprus
11. Berit Broholm Denmark
12. Birgitte Hansen Denmark
13. Annelii Jürgenson Estonia
14. Aet Lukmann Estonia
15. Markku Kankaanpaa Finland
16. Liisamari Kruger Finland
17. Minna Stahl Finland
18. Francois Boyer France
19. Alain Delarque France
20. Erieta Nikolikj-Dimitrova Fyrom
21. Nelly Kakulia Georgia
22. Christoph Gutenbrunner Germany 
23. Susanne Schwarzkopf Germany 
24. Xanthi Michail Greece
25. Christina-Anastasia Rapidi Greece
26. Nikos Roussos Greece
27. Gabor Fazekas Hungary
28. Zsuzsanna Vekerdy-Nady Hungary
29. Denes Zoltan Hungary
30. Mark Delargy Ireland
31. John Macfarlane Ireland
32. Lena Lutsky Israel
33. Iuly Treger Israel
34. Paolo Boldrini Italy
35. Calogero Foti Italy
36. Hawamdeh Ziad Jordan
37. Ilze Haznere Latvia
38. Anda Nulle Latvia 
39. Alvydas Juocevicius Lithuania
40. Nijole Shostakiene Lithuania
41. Marguerite Leches Luxemburg
42. Stephen Zammit Malta
43. Renata Bergam Grandis Montenegro
44. Marina Delic Montenegro
45. Jolanta Kujawa Poland
46. Piotr Tederko Poland
47. Catarina Aguiar Branco Portugal
48. Pedro Cantista Portugal
49. Nunes Renato Portugal
50. Dragana Dragievic Cvjetkovic Republic Of Sprska
51. Gordana Stefanovski Republic Of Sprska
52. Adrian Bighea Romania
53. Daina Mihaela Popa Romania
54. Galina Ivanova Russia Arur
55. Nikolay Shamalov Russia Arur
56. Gordana Devecerski Serbia
57. Milica Lazovic Serbia
58. Helena Burger Slovenia
59. Hermina Damjan Slovenia
60. Klemen Grabljevec Slovenia
61. Enrique Donoso Varela Spain
62. Sara Laxe Spain
63. Kristian Borg Sweden
64. Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen Sweden
65. Rolf Frischknecht Switzerland
66. Wim Janssen The Netherlands
67. Daniel Wever The Netherlands
68. Fitnat Dincer Turkey
69. Özden Özyemişçi Taşkıran Turkey
70. Vitaliy Gubenko Ukraine
71. Oleksandr Vladymyrov Ukraine

Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Section of the European Union of Medical Specialists (UEMS PRM Section) 

Executive Committee

1. President of Section: Nicolas Christodoulou. 
2. Secretary General of Section: Mauro Zampolini
3. Treasurer of Section: Wim Janssen
4. Deputy Treasurer of Section: Rolf Frishknecht
5. Past President of Section: Alain Delarque.
6. President of the Board: Maria Gabriella Ceravolo
7. Vice President of the Board & Deputy Board Secretary: Nikos Barotsis
8. Clinical Affairs Committee Chairman: Mark Delargy
9. Deputy Section Secretary to Clinical Affairs Committee: Karel Moses 
10. Professional Practice Committee Chairman: Enrique Varela Donoso.
11. Deputy Section Secretary to Professional Practice Committee: Carlotte Kiekens

Delegates

1. Michael Quittan Austria
2. Regina Stemberger Austria
3. Thierry Lejeune Belgium
4. Carlotte Kiekens Belgium
5. Gordana Stefanovski Bosnia
6. Elena Ilieva Bulgaria
7. Tatyana Angelova Bulgaria
8. Katarina Sekelj-Kauzlaric Croatia
9. Sasa Moslavac Croatia
10. Nicolas Christodoulou Cyprus
11. Jiri Votava Czech Rep.
12. Karel Moses Czech Rep.
13. Birgitte Hansen Denmark
14. Berit Broholm Denmark
15. Annelii Nikitina Estonia
16. Aet Lukmann Estonia
17. Minna Stahl Finland
18. Markku Kankaanpaa Finland
19. Alain Delarque France
20. Georges De Korvin France
21. Grigol Sulaberidze Georgia
22. Nelly Kakulia Georgia
23. Susanne Schwarzkopf Germany
24. Jean-Jaques Glaesener Germany
25. Nikolaos Roussos Hellas
26. Christina-Anastasia Rapidi Hellas
27. Zoltan Denes Hungary
28. Gabor Fazekas Hungary
29. Mark Delargy Ireland
30. John Macfarlane Ireland
31. Mauro Zampolini Italy
32. Stefano Negrini Italy
33. Ilze Haznere Latvia
34. Anda Nulle Latvia
35. Alvydas Juocevicius Lithuania
36. Nijole Shostakiene Lithuania
37. Marguerite Leches Luxemburg
38. Stephen Zammit Malta
39. Daniel Wever Netherlands
40. Wim Janssen Netherlands
41. Johan Stanghelle Norway
42. Ingeborg Irgens Norway
43. Piotr Tederko Poland
44. Jolanta Kujawa Poland
45. Filipe Antunes Portugal
46. Mihai Berteanu Romania
47. Daiana Popa Romania
48. Galina Evgenia Ivanova Russia
49. Andrei Belkin Russia
50. Milica Lazovic Serbia
51. Ivana Petronic-Markovic Serbia
52. Peter Takac Slovakia
53. Karol Hornacek Slovakia
54. Klemen Grabljevec Slovenia
55. Helena Burger Slovenia
56. Enrique Varela Donoso Spain
57. Raquel Valero Spain
58. Kristian Borg Sweden
59. Katharina Stibrant Sunnerhagen Sweden
60. Rolf Frischknecht Switzerland
61. Ayse Kucukdeveci Turkey
62. Aydan Oral Turkey
63. John Burn Uk
64. Rajiv Singh Uk
65. Volodymyr Golyk Ukraine
66. Vitaliy Gubenko Ukraine

European College (Board) of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine 

Executive Committee

1. President: Maria Gabriella Ceravolo
2. Past-President: Alvydas Juocevicius
3. Secretary General: Mauro Zampolini
4. Vice President & Deputy Secretary: Nikolaos Barotsis
5. Treasurer: Wim Janssen
6. Deputy Treasurer: Rolf Frischknecht
7. Ex officio member-President of UEMS PRM Section: Nicolas Christodoulou

Delegates

1. Tatjana Paternostro–Sluga Austria
2. Regina Stemberger Austria
3. Thierry Lejeune Belgium
4. Carlotte Kiekens Belgium
5. Gordana Stefanovski Bosnia
6. Elena Ilieva Bulgaria
7. Tatyana Angelova Bulgaria
8. Katarina Sekelj–Kauzlaric Croatia
9. Sasa Moslavac Croatia
10. Nicolas Christodoulou Cyprus
11. Jiri Votava Czech Rep.
12. Yvona Angerova Czech Rep.
13. Birgitte Hansen Denmark
14. Berit Broholm Denmark
15. Annelii Nikitina Estonia
16. Aet Lukmann Estonia
17. Minna Stahl Finland
18. Markku Kankaanpaa Finland
19. Alain Delarque France
20. Francois Boyer France
21. Grigol Sulaberidze Georgia
22. Nelly Kakulia Georgia
23. Susanne Schwarzkopf Germany
24. Andreas Winkelmann Germany
25. Nikolaos Roussos Hellas
26. Nikolaos Barotsis Hellas
27. Zoltan Denes Hungary
28. Gabor Fazekas Hungary
29. Mark Delargy Ireland
30. John Macfarlane Ireland
31. Mauro Zampolini Italy
32. Maria Gabriella Ceravolo Italy
33. Anita Vetra Latvia
34. Anda Nulle Latvia
35. Alvydas Juocevicius Lithuania
36. Nijole Shostakiene Lithuania
37. Marguerite Leches Luxemburg
38. Stephen Zammit Malta
39. Henk J. Stam Netherlands
40. Wim Janssen Netherlands
41. Johan Stanghelle Norway
42. Ingeborg Irgens Norway
43. Piotr Tederko Poland
44. Jolanta Kujawa Poland
45. Catarina Aguiar Branco Portugal
46. Filipe Antunes Portugal
47. Mihai Berteanu Romania
48. Daiana Popa Romania
49. Galina Evgenia Ivanova Russia
50. Dina Khasanova Russia
51. Milica Lazovic Serbia
52. Ivana Petronic–Markovic Serbia
53. Peter Takac Slovakia
54. Karol Hornacek Slovakia
55. Klemen Grabljevec Slovenia
56. Helena Burger Slovenia
57. Susana Munoz Spain
58. Raquel Valero Spain
59. Kristian Borg Sweden
60. Karin Rudling Sweden
61. Rolf Frischknecht Switzerland
62. Ayse Kucukdeveci Turkey
63. Aydan Oral Turkey
64. John Burn Uk
65. Rajiv Singh Uk
66. Volodymyr Golyk Ukraine
67. Oleksandr Vladymyrov Ukraine