Preface: Challenges in Rehabilitation

Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine involves many disciplines of medicine and surgery. Both physicians and surgeons appreciate the input and expertise from physiotherapy, kinesiology , biomedical engineering ,occupational therapy and other health professions to assist the patient to achieve functional goals. In this issue of Critical Reviews in Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine, we highlight following specific areas of physical and rehabilitation medicine, namely factors affecting kinematics of upper extremity, non-pharmaceutical treatment of dental anxiety, recovery following stroke, spine care, surgery in children with cerebral palsy and rehabilitation of sacro-illiac joint.