title: [Frenkel: one of the forerunners of neurorehabilitation?].
abstract: Neurorehabilitation is understood as the process intended to reduce the deficiency, limitation of activity and restriction of participation experienced by people as a result of a neurological diseases, and where the professionals involved in this field will aim to reduce the functional involvement degree of the patient. Due to the ignorance existed about the plastic capacity in the nervous system in humans, the scientific origins of neurological rehabilitation is relatively recent, which are located around the Second World War. However, there are signs that the neurologist Heinrich Sebastian Frenkel (1860-1931) was able to establish the basis of neurorehabilitation before that time. There are historical concerning regarding the work conducted and published by Frenkel that would support the hypothesis, based on the characteristics of their treatment employed and documented methodologies, that what he called 'Ubungstherapie' (neurological gymnastic), it could be considered as the basis of what we consider today as modern neurorehabilitation. This knowledge could have been used by many authors who introduced those experiences and lessons learned to the multiple therapeutic methods that emerged after, even the most innovative and technological, while the roots of neurorehabilitation could be found at the end of the 19th century.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Rey Juan Carlos. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud, 28922 Alcorcon, Espana.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Cano-de-la-Cuerda
mesh_terms: D049672:History, 19th Century; D006801:Humans; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D000066530:Neurological Rehabilitation / Q000266:history*