| ABI | Acquired Brain Injury |
| ABMS | American Board of Medical Specialties |
| ABPMR | American Board of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
| ADL | Activities of Daily Living |
| APRM | Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine |
| ART | Acute Rehabilitation Team |
| ARU | Acute Rehabilitation Unit |
| ARUR | All Russian Union Rehabilitators |
| ASSIA | Applied Social Science Index & Abstracts |
| BNF-PRM | Baltic and North Sea Forum on Physical and Medical Rehabilitation |
| CAC | Clinical Affair Committe of European Union of Medical Specialists – Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Section |
| CARF | Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities |
| CBR | Community Based Rehabilitation |
| CCU | Critical Care Unit |
| CDP | Community Development Policy |
| CINHAL | Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature |
| CME | Continuous Medical Education |
| CNS | Central Nervous System |
| COPE | Committee on Publication Ethics |
| CPD | Continuous Professional Development |
| Cr | Clinical Rehabilitation (Journal) |
| CRPD | Convention on The Rights of Persons With Disabilities |
| CST | Classification. Terminology and Standards |
| Dalys | Disability-Adjusted Life-Years |
| DAR | Disability and Rehabilitation |
| EACCME | European Accreditation Council of Continuous Medical Education |
| EARM | European Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine |
| EBM | Evidence Based Medicine |
| EBPRM | European Board of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine |
| ECMEC | European Continuous Medical Education Credit |
| EEA | European Economic Area |
| EFPRM | European Federation of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation |
| EJPRM | European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine |
| EMRSS | Euromediterranean Rehabilitation Summer School |
| EPR | Early Physical Rehabilitation |
| ESM | European School Marseille |
| ESPRM | European Society of PRM |
| EU | European Union |
| FES | Functional Electrical Stimulation |
| Fin | Finland |
| FREDA | Freedom, Respect, Equality, Dignity, Autonomy |
| GDP | Gross Domestic Product |
| Ger | Germany |
| GMC(UK) | UK General Medical Council |
| HALE | Healthy Life Expectancy |
| IBECS | Indice Bibliográfico Español en Ciencias de la Salud (Spanish Bibliografic Index in Health Sciences) |
| ICD | International Classification of Diseases Produced By The World Health Organization |
| ICF | International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health |
| ICHI | International Classification of Health Interventions |
| ICIDH | International Classification of Impairments, Disabilities and Handicaps Produced By The World Health Organization |
| ICSO-R | International Classification of Service Organisations For Rehabilitation |
| ICT | Information and Communication Technologies |
| ICU | Intensive Care Unit |
| IJRR | International Journal of Rehabilitation Research |
| Insci | International Survey on Spinal Cord Injury |
| INSERM | French National Institute For Health and Medical Research |
| ISPRM | International Society of PRM |
| JPRM | Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine |
| JRM | Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine |
| LOS | Length of Stay |
| Madr | Madrid |
| MCQ | Multiple Clinical Questions |
| MFPRM | Mediterranean Forum of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine |
| NGO | Non-Governmental Organisation |
| NMES | Neuro-Muscular Electrical Stimulation |
| OT | Occupational Therapy/Occupational Therapist |
| Phd | Doctor of Philosophy (Latin Philosophiae Doctor) |
| PPC | Professional Practice Committee of European Union of Medical Specialists – Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Section |
| PR | Pulmonary Rehabilitation |
| PRM | Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine |
| PT | Physical Therapy |
| QOL | Quality of Life |
| RAT | Rehabilitation Advisory Team |
| RCT | Randomized Controlled Trial |
| RFO | European Research Funding Organizations |
| RM | Rehabilitación (Madr.) |
| RPO | Research Performing Organizations |
| SALT | Speech and Language Therapy |
| SCI | Spinal Cord Injury |
| Sco | Scotland |
| SERMEF | Sociedad Española de Rehabilitación y Medicina Física (Spanish Society of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine) |
| SIMFER | Società Italiana di Medicina Fisica e Riabilitazione |
| Slo | Slovenia |
| SLT | Speech and Language Therapy/ Speech and Language Therapist |
| SPA | “Salus Per Aquam”. Health Through The Water |
| Swisci | Swiss Spinal Cord Injury Cohort Study |
| TBI | Traumatic Brain Injury |
| TENS | Transcutaneous Electrical Nerve Stimulation |
| TMS | Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation |
| UEMS | Union Européenne Des Médecins Spécialistes – European Union of Medical Specialists |
| UN | United Nations |
| UNCRPD | United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons With Disabilities |
| UV | Ultra Violet (Radiation) |
| VR | Vocational Rehabilitation |
| WB | White Book of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine in Europe |
| WHO | World Health Organization |
| WRD | World Report on Disability |
