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ArticleEuropean journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine2023

Before choosing a uniform name for the PMR specialty, we must define the specialty.

Derick T Wade

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Article in European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Internationally, the specialty's contents are well defined. Why not the name?European journal of physical and rehabilitation medicine · 2023
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Derick T WadeDepartment of Neurological Rehabilitation, Centre for Movement, Occupation and Rehabilitation Sciences (MOReS), Faculty of Health Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, Oxford, UK - derick.wade@ntlworld.com.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In this commentary, I develop the recent proposal to choose a uniform name globally for our specialty ("A call for a single international name for the specialty"), suggesting it is premature and we must first agree on the core, central features characterizing a specialist. The question is, what is our specialty? The scope and content vary significantly between and within countries. If we can agree on the nature and scope of the specialty, a one-word name may arise that people and countries could choose to use.

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PMID36940181
PMCPMC10267856

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