International Spinal Cord Society
| The International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) |
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|---|---|
| legal form | NGO |
| founding | 1961 |
| founder | Sir Ludwig Guttmann |
| Seat |
Aylesbury , Buckinghamshire , United Kingdom
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| main emphasis | Investigation of any problems related to spinal cord damage |
| method | Conferences Publications Society Medal |
| Action space | worldwide |
| people | Douglas J. Brown |
| Members | about 1000 |
| Website | www.iscos.org.uk |
The International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS, formerly IMSoP) is a global non-profit organization that deals with all problems related to damage to the spinal cord .
history
In 1948 Sir Ludwig Guttmann initiated the "Stoke Mandeville Games" for the disabled in Stoke Mandeville , which from then on took place parallel to the Olympic Games . In 1952, 130 athletes from different countries took part. In 1960 it became the Paralympic Games in Rome , which have since taken place in the same city after the Olympic Games.
From 1955, the doctors from different countries who accompanied their teams to the games began to meet to discuss their clinical work and research. This resulted in the establishment of the International Medical Society of Paraplegia (International Medical Society for Paraplegia ) in 1961 with Sir Ludwig Guttmann as President.
Scientific conferences were held annually at Stoke Mandeville Hospital for the first few years, except in the Olympic year when they were held in connection with the Paralympics. Today the meetings are in many different countries and there are also regional meetings.
tasks
- Investigation of all problems related to traumatic and non-traumatic damage to the spinal cord
- scientific exchange between the members
- Advice, support, promotion, coordination of research, development and evaluation of activities related to spinal cord injuries worldwide.
- Advice, support for those involved in patient care
- Advice, support for those responsible for the training and further education of doctors
Members
The association has over 1,000 physicians and scientists from 87 countries.
- Full members
- Associate members
- Senior members
- Emeritus members
- Fellowship of ISCoS
- Supporting members
Supporting members
- American Paraplegia Society (APS)
- American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA)
- Asian Spinal Cord Network (ASCoN)
- Association Francophone Internationale des Groupes d'Animation de la Paraplégie (AFIGAP)
- Australian and New Zealand Spinal Cord Society (ANZSCoS)
- Chinese Association of Rehabilitation of Disabled Persons - Society of Spinal Cord Injury (CARDP - SoSCI)
- German-speaking Medical Society for Paraplegia (DMGP)
- Dutch Flemish Spinal Cord Society (DUFSCoS)
- Japan Medical Society of Spinal Cord Lesions (JASCoL)
- Latin American Society of Paraplegia (SLAP)
- Nordic Spinal Cord Society (NoSCoS)
- Romanian Spinal Cord Society (RoSCoS)
- Societá Medica Italiana di Paraplegia (SoMIPAR)
- Southern African Spinal Cord Association (SASCA)
- Spanish Society of Paraplegia (SEP)
- Spinal Cord Society - Indian Chapter
- Turkish Society of Spinal Cord Diseases (TrSCD)
President
| 1961-1970 | Sir Ludwig Guttmann | Founder and First President |
| 1970-1973 | Herb Talbot |
 United States
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| 1973-1977 | Albert Tricot |
 Belgium
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| 1977-1980 | Volkmar Paeslack |
 Germany
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| 1980-1984 | Sir George Bedbrook |
 Australia
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| 1984-1988 | Alain Rossier |
 Switzerland
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| 1988-1992 | Ed Carter |
United States
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| 1992-1996 | Paul Dollfus |
 France
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| 1996-2000 | Hans Frankel |
United Kingdom
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| 2000-2004 | Takaaki Ikata |
 Japan
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| 2004-2008 | W. Donovan |
United States
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| 2008-2010 | W. El-Masry |
United Kingdom
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| 2010–2012 | Fin Biering-Sørensen |
 Denmark
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| 2012-2014 | Douglas J. Brown |
Australia
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journal
SPINAL CORD (spinal cord) is the name of the club's monthly newspaper , a forum where doctors and basic researchers working in the field of spinal damage publish.
Society medal
The Society Medal has been awarded annually since 1975 for an outstanding contribution to the treatment or prevention of spinal cord damage or for an outstanding contribution to research into spinal cord damage.
Initially, only members of society were eligible for the award, but today suitable non-members can also hope for the medal.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Guttmann and the Paralympics ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 12, 2011
- ↑ Supporting Members , April 13, 2011
