F9 Preventive program of physical rehabilitation for chernobyl disaster survivors

Physical medicine and rehabilitation: critical role in disaster response.

The emerging, critical role of the medical specialty of physical medicine and rehabilitation (PM&R), also known as physiatry, in disaster response deserves notice in this global forum dedicated to integrating relevant medical specialty perspectives into disaster medicine and public health preparedness. Trauma rehabilitation, the rehabilitation of injuries associated with physical trauma, focuse...

Rehabilitation in Cancer Survivors: Interaction Between Lifestyle and Physical Activity

The Chernobyl Disaster A Human Tragedy for Generations to Come

O n April 26, 1986, unit number four of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant exploded. Reconstruction of the event, so far as it is practicable today, suggests that a “power excursion” increased the nominal energy output within four seconds by a factor of 100, followed in an instant by a factor of 1,000 or more; then a hydrogen explosion peeled open the reactor containment leaving the molten nucle...

The Chernobyl Disaster and Beyond: Implications of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction 2015–2030

On the 30th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, Amina Aitsi-Selmi and Virginia Murray reflect on the importance of disaster preparedness.

Physical rehabilitation following polytrauma. The Canadian Forces Physical Rehabilitation Program 2008-2011.

As a consequence of Canada's involvement in the war in Afghanistan, many members of the Canadian Forces have experienced debilitating injuries. Despite the Canadian Forces Health Services (CFHS) having outstanding relationships with many civilian care providers for the rehabilitation of injured soldiers, it became apparent early on that the high-level goals and aspirations of these returning so...