Intensive therapeutic treatment in neuro-rehabilitation – a qualitative analysis from the therapist’s perspective

The rehabilitation of severe neurological disorders belongs to the socially and economically relevant medical and therapeutic work areas. Rickels et al.1 estimate an incidence of traumatic brain injury of 332 per 100,000 inhabitants and approximately 273,000 traumatic brain injuries in Germany each year. According to the S1 guidelines of the German Society of Neurology (DGN),2 the annual incidence of acute traumatic spinal cord lesions located in industrialized countries is 10-30 cases per one million inhabitants. Men are affected 70% more often than women. The average age at accident is 40 years.3 The incidence of nontraumatic spinal cord injury (including tumors, spinal perfusion disorders, myelitis) is not known, but their frequency increases significantly with the aging of the population.