CORDOBA, June 8 (EUROPA PRESS) –
More than 700 experts in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation will attend in person the 60th National Congress of the Spanish Society of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine (Sermef), which will also be the II Ibero-American Congress of Rehabilitation, from June 15 to 18 at the Palacio of Congresses of Cordoba.
The Sermef congress, as reported by said medical society in a note, will bring together rehabilitation physicians from Spain, Portugal and Latin America, as it is held jointly with the aforementioned II Ibero-American Rehabilitation Congress. In this edition there will also be attendees in telematic format, which will allow rehabilitation doctors from Portugal and Latin America to attend. Approximately there will be regarding 100 congressmen who will attend in telematic format, with which it is expected that the total number of congressmen will be around 800.
The medical specialty of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine plays a fundamental role in the National Health System, because citizens demand efficient and quality care to prevent and treat the physical sequelae of ailments and diseases, which are inevitably associated, in many cases. , to the high rates of disability in Spain, related in turn to the constant increase in the aging of the population and, therefore, to chronicity.
Rehabilitation doctors mainly focus their activity on recovering or improving functionality in patients with disabilities. In this sense, the congress will present new developments in neurorehabilitation (stroke, brain damage, spinal cord injuries or brain stimulation), child rehabilitation, oncological rehabilitation, musculoskeletal rehabilitation (pain, degenerative pathology or osteoporosis), as well as other processes addressed medical rehabilitation (lymphedema, pelvic floor rehabilitation and voice pathology).
In addition, the scientific event will also highlight technological innovations in the diagnosis and treatment of various pathologies that require Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and will feature the presence of top-level international specialists among the speakers.
The focus will also be placed on the importance of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, in the approach to disability derived from the sequelae of serious pathologies caused, among other causes, by obesity, such as heart problems, cerebrovascular accidents, arterial hypertension, apnea of the sleep, osteoarthritis and mobility problems due to joint injuries and bone deformities, among other issues.
The crucial role of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation in the current Covid-19 pandemic will also be put on the table. The need to apply rehabilitation treatments for the physical sequelae that the coronavirus has caused in a significant number of patients will be highlighted. These have a negative impact on the quality of life of patients, as well as that of their families and caregivers. In this context, it should be noted that Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation also deals with the ‘post-covid-19’ disease, also called persistent Covid.
The president of the Sermef, Dr. Carolina De Miguel, has underlined that “in this congress there is once once more a commitment to face-to-face attendance, so that we can share professional experiences, as well as being a meeting point for members of the scientific society and medical specialty professionals.
In this sense, he pointed out that “Córdoba, due to its congress infrastructure and its beautiful heritage, is an ideal city for the organization of our congress. We know this well because in 2012 we celebrated the congress in this same city with great success”.