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Opportunities in rehabilitation research
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Opportunities in rehabilitation research

Alexander K Ommaya, Joel Kupersmith, Kenneth M Adams, Richard M Allman, Eileen G Collins, Rory A Cooper, C. Edward Dixon, Paul S Fishman, James A Henry, Randy Kardon, …
Journal of Rehabilitation Research and Development, Vol.50(6), pp.vii-xxxii
2013
DOI: 10.1682/JRRD.2012.09.0167
PMCID: PMC4599704
PMID: 24203548
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Abstract

The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Research and Development convened a group of experts (authors on this guest editorial) to identify key rehabilitation research opportunities. Our first task was to examine the important themes of rehabilitation research to serve as a guide to the identification process. Rehabilitation research encompasses a broad field of disciplines and methodologies covering the full spectrum of basic to applied science. Important themes for rehabilitation research include prevention, improvement, restoration, and replacement of underdeveloped or deteriorating function [1]. The use of the term "function" refers to the level of impairment, activity, and participation as defined by the World Health Organization [2]. An anonymous reviewer of this editorial noted that rehabilitation researchers are practitioners and investigators of the "science of recovery." Rehabilitation research operates within three domains of investigation: (1) physiological function (molecule, cell, tissue, and organs), (2) physical and mental function, and (3) social and community integration and design and delivery of rehabilitation services [3].

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