The International Spinal Cord Society (ISCoS) was founded in 1961 as the International Medical Society of Paraplegia. It is an INGO, whose purpose is to study all problems relating to lesions of the

spinal cord The spinal cord is a long, thin, tubular structure made up of nervous tissue, which extends from the medulla oblongata in the brainstem to the lumbar region of the vertebral column (backbone). The backbone encloses the central canal of the sp ...

History

The International Medical Society of Paraplegia was founded in 1961. The first President was Sir

Ludwig Guttmann Sir Ludwig Guttmann (3 July 1899 – 18 March 1980) was a German-British neurologist who established the Stoke Mandeville Games, the sporting event for people with disabilities (PWD) that evolved in England into the Paralympic Games. A Jewis ...

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In September 2001, at the General Meeting in Nottwil, Switzerland, it was agreed another name of the Society: ''The International Spinal Cord Society'' (ISCoS).

Objectives

* to study all problems relating to lesions of the spinal cord * enables scientific exchange between the members * Advice, support, promote, coordinate research, development and evaluation activities in context with spinal cord injuries worldwide * Counseling, support in the care of patients involved * Counseling, support of those responsible for education and training of medical professionals

Presidents

Members

* Full members * Associate members * Senior members * Emeritus members * Fellowship of ISCoS * Affiliated members

Affiliated members

* American Paraplegia Society (APS)Affiliated Societies
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American Spinal Injury Association The American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA), formed in 1973, publishes the International Standards for Neurological Classification of Spinal Cord Injury (ISNCSCI), which is a neurological exam widely used to document sensory and motor impairment ...

(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) * Deutschsprachige Medizinische Gesellschaft für Paraplegie (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)

Journal

''SPINAL CORD'' is the monthly publication of the International Spinal Cord Society.
The Editorial Office is at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital in UK. The Editor-in-Chief is Professor Lisa Harvey, University of Sydney, Australia.

References

External links

Official website
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