A. Giustini

G. Stucki

S. NEGRINI

English

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Developing the European Physical
and Rehabilitation Medicine Journal’s Network
S. NEGRINI 1, 2, G. STUCKI 3, 4, 5, A. GIUSTINI 6, 7
The European Physical and Rehabilitation MedicineJournal’s Network (EPRMJN) began its history with
an Editorial 1 by Gerold Stucki (Journals delegate of
the European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation
Medicine – ESPRM) and Alessandro Giustini (President
of ESPRM), published in the European Journal of
Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine (EJPRM). This
result came after some discussions and a consensus
reached during a Meeting during the 16th European
Congress of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine in
Bruges, Belgium. This meeting saw the participation of
the ESPRM Presidents and Journals delegate, the editors
of the Journal of Rehabilitation Medicine (Gunnar
Grimby), the EJPRM (Stefano Negrini), the Annales de
Réadaptation et de Médecine Physique (André Thevenon)
and the Physikalische Medizin, Rehabilitationsmedizin,
Kurortmedizin - Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation
Medicine (Stuttgart) (Ulrich Smolenski).
The aim of the EPRMJN is to increase the scientif-
ic knowledge among physical and rehabilitation med-
icine (PRM) specialists and to foster collaboration
among national, regional and European PRM jour-
nals. One of the main goals of the EPRMJN is to give
the widest possible readership to the papers pub-
lished in each European journal, so increasing the
visibility of European research among (not only) con-
tinental readers and scientists and promoting the high
quality of PRM research and knowledge across Europe.
Another aim is to develop the collaboration with inter-
national journals — such as the Euro-American Focus
— as it has already been established between the
Corresponding author: S. Negrini, ISICO - Italian Scientific Spine
Institute, Via Bellarmino 13/1, 20100 Milan, Italy. 
E-mail: stefano.negrini@isico.it
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1Chief Editor, European Journal
of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
2ISICO, Milan, Italy
3Department of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation, Munich University Hospital
Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
4CF Research Branch of WHO FIC CC (DIMDI)
Institute of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences
Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich, Germany
5Swiss Paraplegic Research, Nottwil, Switzerland
6President of the European Society
of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
7Rehabilitation Hospital San Pancrazio
Santo Stefano Group, Arco, Trento, Italy
EJPRM and the American Journal of Physical Medicine
and Rehabilitation.2, 3
According to the EPRMJN definition, regional jour-
nals affiliated to the ESPRM are those journal pub-
lished in languages that cover more than one nation.
They currently include the Annales de Réadaptation
et de Médecine Physique, written in French and
English, which convers France and the French speak-
ing regions in Europe and countries in Africa, and the
Physikalische Medizin, Rehabilitationsmedizin,
Kurortmedizin, written in German and English, that
covers Germany, Austria and other German speaking
regions in Europe. The European official journal of
ESPRM is the EJPRM, formerly Europa Medicophysica.
The national journals include all the journals pub-
lished in the single countries, in the country language
or in English (Figure 1).
In 2009 we are starting the collaboration among
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Figure 1.—Current development of the European Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine Journal’s Network. Collaboration is starting in 2009
among the European and the regional journals, while with the National Journals is planned for 2010.
European Journal of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
European English Journal
Official Journal of ESPRM
Physikalische Medizin,
Rehabilitationsmedizin, Kurortmedizin
German Regional Journal
Journal published in association with ESPRM
Annales de Réadaptation et de Médecine Physique
French Regional Journal
Journal published in association with ESPRM
Journal 1
National
language
Endorsed
by ESPRM
Journal 2
National
language
Endorsed
by ESPRM
ESPRM: European Society of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Journal 3
National
language
Endorsed
by ESPRM
Journal 4
National
language
Endorsed
by ESPRM
Journal 5
National
language
Endorsed
by ESPRM
European journals with some editorials in the EJPRM
and in the regional journals in order to explain the aim
of EPRMJN and to present the initiatives of the
European journals to strengthen their activities and the
PRM specialty in Europe, in order to offer a better ser-
vice to readers, authors, PRM researchers, clinicians,
and European and national PRM societies.
At this stage of development of the EPRMJN the
first aim is to let all European PRM specialists know
what has been published in these journals, indepen-
dently of the language in which the paper was origi-
nally conceived. This will be done by publishing in all
the journals a systematic review of the contents of
each EPRMJN journal in English. This means that the
contents of the EJPRM will be published in all the
other EPRMJN journals, while the EJPRM will publish
the contents of the regional (long articles) and nation-
al (short articles) EPRMJN journals. Each EPRMJN
regional journal could publish the contents of the
EPRMJN national journals of its region. This aim will
also be reached through the publication in the EJPRM
web site (www.ejprm.org) 4 of the abstracts in English
and in the original languages of all the papers pub-
lished in the EPRMJN regional and national journals;
this will be included in the multilanguage Internet
edition of the EJPRM, that is going to be developed for
the EPRMJN national journals. In the Internet
Multilanguage Edition there will be the possibility for
the adhering national societies to translate the English
abstracts of the EJPRM and other EPRMJN journals in
their own language.
The second aim is to let European readers to know
exactly the situation of each national journal across
Europe. This will be done in collaboration with ESPRM
starting with a data collection according to the pro-
posed questionnaire (Figure 2). Each national repre-
sentative in the ESPRM will be required to answer to
the questions together with the national journal edi-
tors. These results will be published in the EJPRM.
The third aim is to establish a relationships in the
reference frame of the EPRMJN with the national jour-
nals and societies, in order to achieve the first aim.
We are aware that the EPRMJN is an ambitious pro-
ject, but we are confident that it will increase both the
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Figure 2.—Questionnaire to collect data about the national journals in the reference frame of the European Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine
Journal’s Network.
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power of the EPRMJN journals in the PRM worldwide
panorama, and the knowledge of PRM scientists and
clinicians across Europe.
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PHYSIKALISCHE MEDIZIN, REHABILITATIONSMEDIZIN, KURORTMEDIZIN 
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE
Scientific articles 2008
Issue 1 
Bak P, Müller, WD, Bocker B, Smolenski UC. Short-Term Patterns of Recovery from Total Hip and Knee Arthroplasty after Multidisciplinary
Inpatient Rehabilitation.
Morfeld M, Ghafur, S, Möller JU, Höder J, Koch U. Checking the Agreement between Patient's Estimation and Physician's Judgement in
Medical Rehabilitation - Assessments in the Field of Social Medicine.
Schulz M, Behrens J, Schmidt-Ohlemann M. Evaluation of an Ambulant Rehabilitation Service: A Prospective Study Focusing on Capability of
Self Care.
Heath KM, Elovic EP. Vitamin D Deficiency: Implications in the Rehabilitation Setting.
Issue 2
Lehmann C, Bergelt C, Welk H, Hagen-Aukamp C, Berger D, Koch U. Do Outpatient and Inpatient Rehabilitation Programs Differ in Applied
Interventions and Success? An Analysis of Medical Discharge Summaries.
Jungkunz W, Swidnicki, W Spath K-H, Schupp W. EMG-Biofeedback as a Method for Functional Diagnosis of Muscles in Neuro-Orthopedic
Rehabilitation - Retrospective Evaluation from Clinical Work.
Schuster, C, Birrer D, Mäder U. Effect of Selected Psychological Factors during the Postoperative Rehabilitation Process after Total Knee or Hip
Replacement.
Sabeti M, Dorotka R, Goll A, Theodor Funovics P, Schmidt M, Trieb K, Schatz KD, Kotz R. Focussed Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for
Tennis Elbow.
Buchmann, J, Arens U, Harke, G, Smolenski U. Manual Medicine in the Differential Diagnosis of Dizziness and Tinnitus.
Issue 3
Hoeß U, Schupp W, Schmidt R, Gräßel E. Home Care of Stroke Patients with Remedies and Aids after Inpatient Neurological Rehabilitation -
A Longitudinal Study.
Koch K, Finkbeiner GF, Wirbel R, Pohlemann T. Hip-Endoprothesis and Daily Activity Depending on the Primary Diagnosis for a Hip
Endoprothesis or the Rehabilitation Methods - A Behaviour-Study.
Weigl M, Ewert T, Kleinschmidt J, Stucki G. Outpatient Health Resort Programs in Bavaria, Germany: A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study
with 3 Months Follow-up.
Keilani MY, Pernicka E, Paternostro-Sluga T, Sycha T, Schett G, Pieber K, Fialka-Moser V, Crevenna R. Adaptation of the German Version of
the Boston Carpal Tunnel Questionnaire.
Zorn C, Fraberger G, Pieber K, Keilani M, Sycha T, Seidel S, Fialka-Moser V, Holzer G, Crevenna R. Interdisciplinary Management of Phantom
Limb Pain.
Nagel-Albustin K, Crevenna,R. Table Tennis for the Disabled.
Issue 4
Brockow T, Wagner A. Franke A, Offenbächer M, Resch KL. A Randomized Controlled Trial on the Effectiveness of Mild Walter-filtered Near
Infrared Whole-body Hyperthermia as an Adjunct to a Standard Multimodal Rehabilitation in the Treatment of Fibromyalgia.
Bachmann S, Eisenring M, Kool,J, Oesch P, Michel BA, Knüsel O. Rehabilitation Costs and Subsequent Costs in Patients with Chronic Low Back
Pain.
Einsiedel T, Sorg T, Hartwig E, Jacobi E, Elbel M, Kramer M, Kinzl L, Gebhard F, Badke A, Keysser,P, Kaluscha R. Return to Work after Traumatic
Injury: Is the Time Point of Rehabilitation Decisive?
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Ziemainz H, Hendrich S, Schleinkofer M, Pfeifer K. The Application of Mental Training in the Rehabilitation of Stroke Patients – Review and
Calculating Effect Sizes.
Maetzler M, Bochdansky T, Cochrane L, Abboud R. Sensory Motor Training for Active Completion of Osteopathic Treatment.
Stick C, Schade N. Does Global Warming Affect Physiologically Relevant Climate Factors on the German North Sea Coast? 
Issue 5
Smolenski UC, Haider E. Process Driven Quality Assurance in the Rehabilitation.
Froese E. Instruments for Optimising the Quality of Rehabilitation.
Meyer T. Patient Questionnaires in Rehabilitation: Strengths and Problem Areas.
Moock J. Preference-based Measurement of Health-Related Quality of Life: the EQ-5D Questionnaire.
Morfeld M, Bullinger M. The SF-36 Health Survey – Assessment and Documentation of Health Related Quality of Life.
Bak P, Lohsträter A, Müller W-D, Bocker B, Smolenski UC. The Western Ontario and McMasters Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC)
– Theoretical Framework, Psychometric Properties and Appropriateness for Measurement of Function and Health in Trauma Population. 
Lohsträter A, Germann S, Ekkernkamp A, Froese E, Bak P, Müller WD, Kohlmann T. Is Application of Assessment Tools Feasible within Daily
Practice?
Müller W-D, Lohsträter A, Kropf U, Smolenski UC, Bak P. Assessment Driven Optimising of the Accident Insurance Inpatient Rehabilitation
Program (BGSW).
Glehr M, Gruber G, Stengel D, Lautenbach M, Zach A, Eisenschenk A. Wrist Arthodesis: Improvement of Life Quality by Loss of Motion.
Issue 6 
Petermann F, Smolenski UC. Psychological Aspects in Rehabilitation.
Petersen C, Ullrich A, Wahls F, Glaesener J-J, Ueblacker P, Boettcher H, Koch U. Psychosocial Impairments and Resources of Multiple Injured
Patients.
Thies S, Leibbrand B, Barth J, Gärtner U, Friedrich G, Bootsveld W, Berger D, Koch U, Mehnert A. Individual Rehabilitation Goals and
Rehabilitation Motivation within Cancer Rehabilitation.
Petermann F, Stachow R, Kiera S, Tiedjen U. Physician-Patient-Communication in the Rehabilitation of Adolescents.
Watzke B, Barghaan D, Lang K, Rabung S, Koch U, Schulz H. Clinic Comparison of Treatment Outcomes in the Rehabilitation of Patients with
Mental Disorders.
Prinz U, Nutzinger DO, Schulz H, Petermann F, Braukhaus C, Andreas S. The Symptom-Check-List-90-R (SCL-90-R) and the Short Versions of
the SCL-90-R: Psychometric Analyses of Inpatients with Mental Disorders.
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Programmes.
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